Abdominal pain

Introduction

Stomach pain can be caused by digestive system or elsewhere in the abdomen. Such problems include esophageal strife, discord ulcers, irritable bowel syndrome, appendicitis, pancreatitis and gallstones. Some of these diseases are relatively mild, while others can be life-threatening. The doctor must decide if you need immediate treatment or can not wait until a diagnostic test.

 

Diagnosis and Treatment

The key to the diagnosis of the doctor giving the nature of pain and its formation in relation to eating and movement.If other family members have had abdominal disease such as gall stones, the same disorder may have a patient.

An important key may be the appearance of a person, such as jaundice (evident by yellowish discolouration of skin and sclera) indicates liver disease, gallbladder or bile ducts.

Doctor scans the abdomen, examining the sensitivity and any abnormal buildup. When gently pressed the abdominal wall, one feels the pain, and if the pressure suddenly discounts, pain can become even stronger, a symptom called referred pain. This symptom usually indicates inflammation of the peritoneum (the membrane covering the abdominal cavity), called peritonitis.

Diagnostic tests for pain in the abdominal cavity include blood and urine tests, x-ray, ultrasound and CT. When it seems that abdominal pain is due to bowel obstruction, probijenog or the taxation authorities such as the gallbladder, appendix or bowel, or abscess (collection of pus), often for emergency surgery for stomach search.