Pain in the head, abdomen and nausea

If a person has a headache, stomach and at the same time sickness, then a combination of such symptoms can usually indicate the development of a seriousdisease. The reasons can be different. But more often these symptoms are accompanied by the following pathological conditions:

• gastritis;
• appendicitis;
• , toxic infection;
• gastric flu( rotovirus infection);
• food poisoning.

Gastritis

Inflammation of the gastric mucosa is called gastritis. The disease can occur in an acute and chronic format, but in both cases the patient develops characteristic symptoms:

• there are pains in the stomach;
• attacks of nausea and vomiting;
• feeling of heaviness in the epigastric region.

Symptoms of gastritis can either intensify or completely disappear. The current clinical picture largely depends on the stage of the disease. So, attacks of a nausea develop at a gastritis with the lowered acidity. Provoke its development is capable of taking alcohol, certain medicines and smoking.

The patient feels the pain of a paroxysmal character, and in between there is considerable discomfort in the epigastric region. Nausea with gastritis occurs after eating, which is due to throwing a coma from the lumen of the small intestine into the stomach.

Headaches, accompanied by weight in the stomach and discomfort in the intestines, require a specialist to seek qualified advice. Stomach with exacerbation of gastritis can be sick for several days. During the entire period, the patient develops paroxysmal pains that become stronger after eating.

Additional signs of gastritis are:

• enhanced saliva formation;
• headache;
• tachycardia;
• attacks of nausea;
• heartburn;
• burp.

Appendicitis

Appendicitis is a purulent inflammation of the appendage of the caecum. Signs of the disease are diarrhea, sometimes constipation, increased gas formation, high body temperature, nausea, resulting in vomiting.

When palpating the bottom of the abdomen - its right-hand square - the person feels a pain syndrome, the strength of which varies: it all depends on the severity of the

condition. In the acute form of appendicitis, the clinical picture of the disease manifests itself sharply and gradually increases. If the pain does not disappear more than 6 hours, then a person needs urgent hospitalization.

Pain in appendicitis has characteristic features. Initially, they have a pulling character with a localization zone in the near-bulbous region. As the condition worsens, soreness blends into the right lower abdomen, becomes bursting and becomes permanent.

A typical symptom of an appendix inflammation is the intensification of pain, when the patient lies down on the left side. Most often, the treatment of appendicitis is the surgical removal of an inflamed, blind process, but in some cases medical therapy is practiced.

Toxic Infection

The reason why a person has a headache, stomach and, at the same time, his nausea, can become toxicoinfection. Provocators of diseases can become staphylococci, salmonella, clostridia and botulism.

Staphylococcal infections

Symptoms of the disease are few, but typical. This:

• abdominal pain localized in the epigastric region;
• attacks of nausea and vomiting;
• significantly reduced blood pressure values, which causes the development of a headache.

Acute period of infection with staphylococci lasts no more than a day. Then the general condition of the patient stabilizes. But in the next few days, he feels a general weakness, his head is spinning. At the heart of the treatment of the disease is the suppression of the processes of vital activity of staphylococci. To this end, often used drugs from the category of antibiotics( penicillin group).

Clostridia

Clostridia infection occurs with a brighter and more severe clinical symptomatology. Signs of infection are:

• becoming increasingly intense head / stomach pain;
• is a frequent diarrhea that causes dehydration.

Clostridium botulism - one of the causes of the development of toxic infections

Treatment of the disease is carried out in a hospital under the supervision of physicians. The patient receives drugs, suppressing the further development of infection, by intravenous route.

Salmonellosis

Salmonellosis proceeds very hard. For him, the following symptoms are typical:

• abdominal pain;
• intestines constantly "twists", a person develops severe diarrhea;
• indomitable vomiting;
• is an increasing headache;
• feverish conditions, chills;
• dizziness;
• muscle spasms;
• aches all over the body;
• development of seizures.

When forming such a symptomatology, suggesting the development of salmonellosis, a person is subject to urgent hospitalization in the infectious department.

Botulism

The penetration into the human body of botulinum bacteria - in the absence of adequate therapy - can cause death. The clinical picture develops as follows. The patient has headaches and pains in the stomach, severe diarrhea and indomitable vomiting.

A few days after the onset of the illness, muscle pain, general weakness, and visual impairment are added to the symptoms. Later the disturbance of the swallowing reflex, spontaneous descent of the eyelids and paralysis of the respiratory tract develops.

First aid, which can be provided at home, is to wash the stomach and take absorbent drugs. The patient needs a copious drink. Then it must be delivered to the infectious disease department.

Gastric influenza( rotavirus infection)

Rotavirus infection or gastric flu is diagnosed often enough. At the beginning of its development, pathology is accompanied by a worsening of the general condition, and a little later, intestinal symptoms are formed. The disease with the same frequency occurs in both adults and children.

Especially severe intestinal flu borne by children

You can get the virus after eating a poor-quality product. The clinical picture is formed after a few hours and includes the following symptoms:

• redness of the eyes;
• muscle weakness due to strong intoxication of the body;
• severe headaches;
• painful spasms in the intestine;
• attacks of nausea, resulting in vomiting;
• significant increase in body temperature;
• diarrhea( the belly in man turns very strongly).

Food poisoning

Food poisoning can be obtained after eating low-quality or stale foods. At first, a person begins to suffer from nausea, which is later joined by dizziness. Especially poisoning often occurs in the summer, and salmonella infection is the "leader" among numerous infections.

Food poisoning is accompanied by a certain pathological symptomatology:

• abdominal cramps;
• stomach pain;
• headache;
• nausea;
• convulsions( not excluded);
• muscle weakness;
• disorder of stools( diarrhea);
• chills;
• increased body temperature.

Thirst associated with food poisoning is a symptom of dehydration. Doctors recommend using as much fluid as possible.

Other causes of

The cause of simultaneous intestinal and headache accompanied by nausea may also be other pathologies. It can be meningitis, a tumor of the adrenal glands, female pain.

Meningitis

Meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes of the brain. The disease is characterized by the following symptoms: high body temperature, severe headaches of paroxysmal nature, spreading to the entire cranium, attacks of nausea, turning into not bringing relief vomiting, dizziness.

Headaches with meningitis are often supplemented with intestinal. Especially common is a combination of symptoms in childhood. And with the development of such a painful tandem, the child needs to be urgently shown to the doctor.

Adrenal Tumors

The adrenal tumor manifests itself with a certain symptomatology. The clinical picture of the pathology is described by the following symptoms:

• headache;
• abdominal discomfort;
• neurologic manifestations - increased sweating, tremor of extremities, etc.;
• attacks of nausea;
• disturbances in metabolic processes.

Adrenal tumors are accompanied by severe pain in the abdomen, caused by the formation of vasospasms. In case of development of a hemorrhage there is a strong painful syndrome, extending to the lower part of the abdomen, up to the formation of a crisis state.

In acute adrenal insufficiency, the patient has a sharp spasm in the abdomen, nausea, headache and DIC-syndrome( a violation of blood coagulability).In addition, the pathology is accompanied by spastic pain in the abdomen, nausea, increased gas formation.

If, against the background of pathology, the patient developed arterial hypertension, then to the existing symptoms are added:

• spasms in the region of the temples;
• increased sweating;
• pale skin of the face.

Female pain

In women, the feeling of abdominal pain and headaches accompanied by nausea may occur for the following reasons:

• The period before / during menstruation. During this period, many women experience headaches resembling migraines and pains in the lower abdomen. You can get rid of them by taking drugs from the group of antispasmodics.
• Menopause. The combination of different pains can arise as a result of changes in the body at the hormonal level.
• Development of gestation. Sometimes a woman pulls her lower abdomen, her head hurts, and she experiences nausea due to pregnancy.

Symptoms in childhood

The causes of simultaneous nausea, headache and intestinal pain in childhood can be:

• Food poisoning. It can occur as a result of consumption of food products with expired shelf life. Typical symptoms of poisoning are formed 2-5 hours after eating. At first the child has nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. It is not ruled out that the body temperature rises.
• Infections of intestinal origin. After some time after getting into the body of a child pathological bacteria, it becomes moody and restless. Then there is nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. A significant increase in body temperature is not ruled out. Cold and SARS.Acute respiratory infections can also be accompanied by head and intestinal pains, nausea.
• Violations in the work of the central nervous system. Nausea and pain can act as symptoms of meningitis and encephalitis. Attack of appendicitis. In acute forms of pathology, nausea and vomiting develop almost immediately after the onset of an attack. Then the condition worsens - the body temperature rises, diarrhea arises, pains appear in the lower right side of the abdomen.
• Foreign object in the stomach. Pain in the abdomen and nausea occur immediately after the foreign body enters the stomach. In this case, the child should be immediately shown to the doctor.

Food poisoning in a child is a probable cause of simultaneous nausea, headache and stomach pain

What to do

If the symptoms are not too pronounced, then you can try to cope on your own with pain and nausea. Doctors give the following recommendations: to begin to follow a strict diet, eliminating all harmful foods for the stomach, rinse the stomach and take any adsorbent preparation, for example, tablets of activated charcoal.

Antipyretic drugs are needed if there is an increase in body temperature. But if the symptoms are pronounced and there is a worsening of the condition, then you need to get medical advice in the near future.