What Are the Causes of Persistent Stomach Pain?
Intermittent stomachache is that the stomachache is intermittent and there is no regular pattern. Stomach pain refers to a chronic ulcer that is only found in the contact part of the gastrointestinal tract and gastric juice, also known as ulcer disease. Traditional Chinese medicine refers to the categories of stomach pain, heartache and epigastric pain. Common causes include cold evil stomach, dietary injury, liver qi and spleen and stomach weakness.
Intermittent stomach pain
- Intermittent stomachache is that the stomachache is intermittent and there is no regular pattern. Stomach pain refers to a chronic ulcer that is only found in the contact part of the gastrointestinal tract and gastric juice, also known as ulcer disease. Traditional Chinese medicine refers to the categories of stomach pain, heartache and epigastric pain.
- Affected area
- abdomen
- Related diseases
- Acute gastritis, chronic gastritis, gastric disease, liver and stomach discomfort, dyspepsia, stagnation of stomach, gastrointestinal effusion, cold, vomiting, gastric appetite
- Related symptoms
- Snoring, nausea, fever, diarrhea, bloating, jaundice, acute stomach pain, intermittent stomach pain, anxiety, severe pain, ulcers, chronic stomach pain, emotional stomach pain, upper abdominal pain, heartburn, neuropathic stomach pain, vomiting, gastric cramps, gastric acid, gastric mucosal prolapse, peptic ulcer, chest tightness
- Affiliated Department
- Gastroenterology
- Related inspections
- Air-barium double contrast angiography of basal gastric fluid secretion serum carcinoembryonic antigen fiber gastroscopy
- Intermittent stomachache is that the stomachache is intermittent and there is no regular pattern. Stomach pain refers to a chronic ulcer that is only found in the contact part of the gastrointestinal tract and gastric juice, also known as ulcer disease. Traditional Chinese medicine refers to the categories of stomach pain, heartache and epigastric pain. Common causes include cold evil stomach, dietary injury, liver qi and spleen and stomach weakness.
- Stomach discomfort is accompanied by many symptoms, such as snoring, flatulence, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and chest tightness. Due to the different symptoms of each disease, if accompanied by chest tightness, heartburn, spitting water, snoring and other symptoms, it may be esophageal disease; Symptoms such as pain, fullness and hunger, snoring with sourness, and even vomiting of blood may be gastric ulcers, but if snoring, jaundice, fever and other symptoms are not related to the stomach or gallbladder problems.
- 1. Chronic stomach pain: Chronic stomach pain is common in chronic gastritis. Chronic gastritis refers to a variety of chronic gastric mucosal inflammatory lesions caused by different causes. It is a common disease and one of the most frequent illnesses in the army. Its incidence is among various stomach diseases. first place. Since the widespread application of fiber endoscopy, the understanding of this disease has improved significantly. Chronic gastritis often has a certain degree of atrophy (loss of mucosa) and metaplasia, often involving the cardia, accompanied by loss of G cells and reduced gastrin secretion. It can also affect the body of the stomach, accompanied by the loss of acid secreting glands, leading to gastric acid. Reduction of pepsin and endogenous factors.
- 2. Nervous gastric pain: When some people are under great mental stress, a large amount of gastric acid will be secreted, showing a state of excessive gastric acid, causing heartburn, interval, and stomach pain. In addition, the work of the stomach is dominated by vegetative nerves. When a person's mental stress is too great, the autonomic nervous system loses balance and the stomach cannot work properly (secretion of gastric acid, peristalsis, etc.), causing stomach upset and causing stomach pain. Furthermore, because of insufficient sleep, poor diet, life, work, study and other reasons. Both can cause autonomic nervous disorders and cause stomach pain, which is neuropathic stomach pain.
- 3. Acute stomach pain: Stomach pain is a common clinical symptom. Acute and chronic gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcer disease, and gastrogastroneuropathy are more common. Also seen in gastric mucosa prolapse, gastric prolapse, pancreatitis, cholecystitis and cholelithiasis. Acute stomach pain is rapid onset, rapid change, and severe illness. The patient felt severe pain in the stomach, accompanied by snoring, flatulence, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and chest tightness.
- 4. Emotional stomachache: Psychological stomachache is a psychiatric disorder, which is mainly due to people's nervousness, anxiety and other uneasy emotions reflected to the stomach, leading to upper abdominal pain. Symptoms include stomach cramps and bloating. Usually, anxiety can relieve symptoms. But it is disturbing that sometimes there is no way for psychological pain to alleviate symptoms immediately, and the degree of pain is unbearable. A more serious consequence is that stress can cause gastric acid secretion. Once excessive gastric acid secretion, it can easily cause gastritis, peptic ulcer, gastric acid reflux and other diseases.
- 1. First, correct bad eating habits
- Eat more light, less fatty and a variety of irritating foods, such as foods containing alcohol and spices. Beware of too sour, too sweet, too salty, too bitter, and too spicy in your food. Patients with a smoking habit should quit smoking.
- 2. Timing of diet
- Patients with long-term stomach pain should have regular three meals or additional meals at regular intervals. Patients with acute stomach pain should eat as few meals as possible, and usually eat less or do not eat snacks to reduce the burden on the stomach.
- 3. Pay attention to nutritional balance
- A plain diet should provide foods rich in vitamins to help protect the gastric mucosa and improve its defense capabilities, and promote the repair of local lesions.