About Chronic Stomach Aches
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Tiffany
By Tiffany
Published on 05/6/2009
Stomach aches can be just irritating. The pain can be sudden and sharp, over before you realize it or you can have chronic, longstanding pain. This could be just a minor issue or it could become a major problem.
About Chronic Stomach Aches
Chronic stomach aches can be caused by many things. Whether the condition is minor and short lived or lasts for days could determine the severity of the problem. Determining factors such as the length of time the pain lasts or the exact location of the pain is something you health provider must know for you to receive the best treatment.
Sometimes you may have stomach or abdominal pain that you feel in your abdominal region, but it is actually occurring from other organs not within the true stomach cavity. Examples of other organs that may cause stomach pain could be your uterus or ovaries, your kidney's, and can you believe, even lower lung conditions.
Abdominal pain can be caused from inflammation or even without inflammation. Pain can be associated with an obstruction of your intestines or , as with the case of hepatitis, swelling of your liver. Even a condition called IBS, (irritable bowel syndrome), can cause stomach pain but it isn't even clear why IBS causes abdominal pain.
Pain that is caused from organs outside the abdominal cavity is known as "referred" pain and what this means is that the pain is felt in a location besides where it actually originates from.
Inflammatory pain or non-inflammatory stomach aches or the pain from IBS are often called "functional" pain because there is often no visible cause for the pain.
One of the most common causes of abdominal pain could be constipation. Mild upsets of the stomach can be caused by just eating too much or even too quickly. If this is the problem sometimes just waiting for a few hours will bring relief.
You could also have an allergy to milk protein or be lactose intolerant. These are sometimes thought of as the same condition, but they are separate conditions and both can cause abdominal pains or upset stomach.
Ulcers or heartburn could also be causing you chronic stomach aches and pains. Heartburn is the over-production of stomach acid and causes ulcers, which is when the acid eats into the stomach lining.
An infection in the intestines can cause stomach pain. This can occur from many paraites or a large variety of bacteria that can infect intestines.
If your upset stomach includes vomiting and diarrhea, you could have a virus or even food poisoning. If this persists for more than a day or so and you have a fever as well, visit the doctor. If you have diarrhea for an extended period of time you could become dehydrated. If you are vomiting as well and there is a chance you have food poisonig, you may need antibiotics.
Sometimes you may have stomach or abdominal pain that you feel in your abdominal region, but it is actually occurring from other organs not within the true stomach cavity. Examples of other organs that may cause stomach pain could be your uterus or ovaries, your kidney's, and can you believe, even lower lung conditions.
Abdominal pain can be caused from inflammation or even without inflammation. Pain can be associated with an obstruction of your intestines or , as with the case of hepatitis, swelling of your liver. Even a condition called IBS, (irritable bowel syndrome), can cause stomach pain but it isn't even clear why IBS causes abdominal pain.
Pain that is caused from organs outside the abdominal cavity is known as "referred" pain and what this means is that the pain is felt in a location besides where it actually originates from.
Inflammatory pain or non-inflammatory stomach aches or the pain from IBS are often called "functional" pain because there is often no visible cause for the pain.
One of the most common causes of abdominal pain could be constipation. Mild upsets of the stomach can be caused by just eating too much or even too quickly. If this is the problem sometimes just waiting for a few hours will bring relief.
You could also have an allergy to milk protein or be lactose intolerant. These are sometimes thought of as the same condition, but they are separate conditions and both can cause abdominal pains or upset stomach.
Ulcers or heartburn could also be causing you chronic stomach aches and pains. Heartburn is the over-production of stomach acid and causes ulcers, which is when the acid eats into the stomach lining.
An infection in the intestines can cause stomach pain. This can occur from many paraites or a large variety of bacteria that can infect intestines.
If your upset stomach includes vomiting and diarrhea, you could have a virus or even food poisoning. If this persists for more than a day or so and you have a fever as well, visit the doctor. If you have diarrhea for an extended period of time you could become dehydrated. If you are vomiting as well and there is a chance you have food poisonig, you may need antibiotics.