Cuts in the abdomen and stomach

Abdominal discomfort is a symptom that every person often encounters. Cramps in the stomach give people a lot of discomfort and cause well-founded excitement.

Such symptoms can provoke loss of appetite, increased irritability and fatigue. In addition, the patient's general condition worsens if nausea and diarrhea join the abdominal pain.

In such a situation, one should not hesitate to visit a specialist who will conduct a proper examination and prescribe adequate treatment, if any particular patient needs it.

Only timely therapy can avoid the development of severe complications.

Why does abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea occur?

The considered phenomena may indicate various pathological processes occurring in the patient's body.

These include acute poisoning, dieting, overeating, problems with the intestines and other internal organs.

Nausea, diarrhea and severe cramps in the abdomen are not a separate disease, but only one of the symptoms of any pathology.

Such manifestations can signal the accumulation of toxins in the body, an inflammatory process, or any serious illness.

Poisoning

Intoxication is different. It is worth considering in more detail all its types:

1. Food grade. If food is not cooked or stored correctly, it can go bad. There are a large number of vegetables and fruits on the shelves of the shops, which were grown with the help of nitrates and fertilizers. In addition, animal meat can also contain substances that provoke poisoning, because there are various chemical compounds in the feed. It is with food poisoning that a person is often worried about vomiting, diarrhea and cramps in the abdomen.
2. Intoxication after eating mushrooms. Such poisoning is always very dangerous for humans and can be fatal. Due to the fact that the mushroom poison leaves the body for a long time, the treatment is delayed for a long period of time. After eating pale toadstool, a person begins to feel pain in the stomach of a colicky nature. He is worried about severe diarrhea with a putrid odor and incessant vomiting. In addition, blood impurities are observed in the feces. After a couple of days, the person feels relief, but this feeling is deceiving. For there is a risk of complications in the liver and heart. The most dangerous consequence of mushroom poisoning is coma and death.
3. Chemical intoxication as a result of the penetration of household alkalis or acids into the body.

In case of poisoning with slaked lime, ammonia soda or caustic soda, a person vomits blood, he has there is bloody diarrhea, cramps in the abdomen, burns of the mucous membrane of the mouth and gastrointestinal path.

When poisoning with acetic, hydrochloric or citric acids, mucous membranes are affected in a person. Diarrhea in this case cannot be called the main symptom.

Another type of chemical poisoning is the effect on the body of household organophosphorus compounds - drugs that are used to kill insects.

In this case, the person has a severe stomach ache, vomiting and diarrhea are observed. Dizziness, anxiety, headache, constriction of the pupils and shortness of breath are added to the symptoms under consideration.

All the pathologies considered require the immediate intervention of medical workers, because they can lead to a disastrous result.

Intestinal infections

Among the most common intestinal infections that can cause abdominal cramps and diarrhea, the following pathologies can be distinguished:

Rotavirus infection

Most often, the problem occurs in children who attend kindergarten or primary school. But it can also affect an adult.

People have a sharp rise in temperature, diarrhea, abdominal pain, reddening of the throat, swelling of the abdomen and increased lacrimation.

With the appearance of such an infection, the feces become gray and clay-like. There is blood and mucus in the stool, a rotten smell. The urine is very dark and smells unpleasant.

Dysentery

The disease is provoked by bacteria that can multiply in liquids, vegetables or fruits. With this pathology, the stomach hurts, there is liquid stool with blood and mucus. In advanced cases, a person vomits.

Salmonellosis

Specific bacteria are also considered provocateurs of this disease, and the sources are animal and bird feces, meat, dairy products, chicken eggs. In addition, the disease is spread from person to person.

The feces in this case are green and frothy. On ultrasound, an enlarged liver and spleen are diagnosed. A person suffers from abdominal pain.

It will not be possible to make a diagnosis on your own, so you will have to visit a medical institution.

Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract

The main cause of abdominal pain and diarrhea is the pathology of the gastrointestinal tract. It is worth considering possible diseases in more detail:

1. Gastritis is a pathological phenomenon in the stomach, which is characterized by the penetration of Helicobacter bacteria into the body. The disease manifests itself as soreness in the epigastrium, belching, heartburn, vomiting and diarrhea. Most often, pain appears some time after eating and lasts about 1.5 hours. Separately, it is necessary to highlight the pain that occurs after stress and also indicates gastritis.
2. Peptic ulcer is a chronic disease, during the course of which ulcers appear on the gastric mucosa. Pathology is manifested by aching abdominal pains that occur before or after eating. Together with pains in the middle of the abdomen, a person feels cramps, he is often worried about vomiting and diarrhea. Vomit takes on a sour taste.
3. A duodenal ulcer is characterized by cuts on an empty stomach, which are localized to the right of the middle of the abdomen. Soreness goes away immediately after eating. The pathology is characterized by vomiting, belching, nausea, heartburn, diarrhea, or constipation. The acute form is manifested by a bloody impurity in the feces, pus and a putrid smell of feces. Another characteristic sign of a duodenal ulcer is a decrease in blood pressure.
4. Colitis or inflammation in the colon. The pain in this case is sharp, spasmodic or cramping. It is accompanied by cramps in the stomach, vomiting and diarrhea. Stool contains particles of undigested food, pus, or blood.
5. Pancreatitis is characterized by girdle pain that is localized in the right hypochondrium and affects the lower abdomen.

If a person endures pain for a long time, then it becomes so strong that he can experience a painful shock. With pancreatitis, a person may have severe yellow vomiting, belching.

What kind of pathology provoked abdominal cramps and diarrhea should be found out by the attending physician. For this, patients are prescribed an examination in a hospital setting.

Other pathologies

Doctors identify several more diseases that can lead to abdominal discomfort, nausea and diarrhea. They are as follows:

1. Abdominal myocardial infarction. With such a pathology, the patient develops cramps in the abdomen on the right. The pain does not go away after taking pain relievers and nitroglycerin.
   With a heart attack, there is a violation of the intestines, hypertension, severe flatulence, tachycardia, vomiting and diarrhea.
2. An attack of appendicitis begins with pain in the navel area, which gradually blends into the groin area. The sensations subside somewhat when a person takes a horizontal position and does not move. The vomit becomes bitter. The patient has a very high body temperature, diarrhea or constipation. Frequent urination occurs.
3. Ectopic pregnancy in women can also be accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. Initially, the pain is subtle, and later - intolerable. Soreness radiates to the pelvic organs and radiates to the rectum, vertebra, shoulders and neck.

In addition to these symptoms, a woman has bleeding from the vagina, which is not associated with menstruation. All these pathologies require immediate treatment.

It is worth remembering that delay can result in serious complications and even death, therefore, only a qualified specialist should prescribe treatment.

How to treat diarrhea and stomach pain

Treatment will be based on why the stomach ached. In the event that the pain is associated with an infection, the doctor will prescribe Smecta, Linex and some antibiotics.

This solution will reduce the urge to defecate and restore the microflora in the intestines.

In the event of gastrointestinal pathologies, additional diagnostics will be required, during which the doctor will make a final diagnosis and be able to prescribe treatment.

There are situations when patients do not need medication treatment, but urgent surgical intervention.

The most important thing is not to self-medicate, but to entrust your health to professionals. Indeed, the effectiveness of therapy depends on the timely diagnosis of pathology.

To avoid complications, you need to regularly treat chronic diseases.

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