Sometimes upper abdominal pain is not necessarily stomach disease?

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In life, many people often have symptoms of epigastric pain. Most people think it is caused by stomachache, but in fact, in many cases, abdominal pain is not necessarily caused by stomach disease, it may also be caused by some other disease. So, in addition to stomach disease, what other disease is easy to cause abdominal pain? Let's give you a brief introduction.

Sometimes upper abdominal pain is not necessarily stomach disease?

Abdominal pain is a common symptom of medical diseases in clinic. Many diseases may cause abdominal pain, and the pain caused by stomach diseases is also different due to different types of stomach diseases. Let's first look at the location of the pain. The stomach is in the upper abdomen, and the depression under the sternum is above the navel (near the heart pit). If the stomach is divided into four regions, the pain in the left upper middle region is most likely stomach pain.

Other abdominal pain, such as right upper abdominal pain, may be related to acute and chronic cholecystitis, cholelithiasis and chronic hepatitis; The right lower abdominal pain may be related to acute appendicitis; Portal vein thrombosis, diabetic ketoacidosis, Henoch Schonlein purpura, gastrointestinal, hepatopancreatic cancer and other factors should be considered in patients with abdominal pain; If it is lower abdominal pain may be associated with acute pelvic inflammatory disease, gynecological inflammation, intestinal obstruction, urinary calculi, ectopic pregnancy and so on. In order to make a definite diagnosis, doctors should make gastroscopy, B-ultrasound and even CT examination when necessary according to the characteristics of various diseases and personal clinical experience.

Abdominal pain is a common symptom of medical diseases in clinic. Many diseases may cause abdominal pain, and the pain caused by stomach diseases is also different due to different types of stomach diseases. Let's first look at the location of the pain. The stomach is in the upper abdomen, and the depression under the sternum is above the navel (near the heart pit). If the stomach is divided into four regions, the pain in the left upper middle region is most likely stomach pain. Among them, chronic gastritis is one of the most common causes of chronic epigastric pain. The characteristics of patients' epigastric pain are irregular, and most of them are dull pain or distending pain, which is obvious after meals, accompanied by burping (belching), nausea, early satiety and other symptoms. The abdominal pain of ulcer disease is in the upper abdomen. The pain caused by gastric ulcer is near the midline or slightly to the left, and the pylorus and duodenal ulcer are slightly to the right, above the right umbilicus.

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Abdominal pain is not necessarily caused by stomachache, so in the treatment, we should consider many factors, as soon as possible to find out the specific causes of symptoms, so as to be able to carry out targeted treatment according to the causes, and help patients solve their troubles as soon as possible.