- Causes of soreness in the stomach
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Many people in their lives have experienced a condition when the stomach hurts and body temperature rises. If this happened one-time, while the pain in the epigastric region is insignificant, and the temperature does not exceed 37 degrees, there is nothing to worry about.
But when the symptoms are permanent, you should think about your health. To do this, you need to contact a specialist to find out the cause of the pathology and treat it.
Causes of soreness in the stomach
Stomach pain and temperature can be observed for various reasons. In fact, there are a lot of them. To understand which disease caused a number of unpleasant symptoms, you need to deal with each of them in more detail.
Gastritis
Disease characterized by damage to the gastric mucosa. There are many reasons why the disease occurs. The main one is a bacterial infection. Another cause of acute or chronic gastritis is exposure to a chemical or infectious nature.
Provoking factors can be considered food intoxication, poisoning with poisons or other chemicals, throwing bile and contents of duodenum into the stomach, improper nutrition and eating disorders, propagation of pathogenic microflora, severe physical stress and stress.
Symptomatology of the acute stage of the disease: pain in the upper abdominal region, mainly on the left, worse on an empty stomach or immediately after eating, nausea, worse immediately after eating, heartburn, sour eructation.
Almost always repeated vomiting first with undigested food, and then one bile and gastric juice, increased secretion of salivary glands, stool disorder, general weakness, malaise. There may be a slight increase in body temperature. Diagnose the chronic form of gastritis is more difficult.
Often the disease proceeds secretly. In addition to disturbances in stool and increased gas production, patients no longer complain about anything. On the tongue you can see a whitish bloom, rumbling in the abdomen. At the stage of exacerbation, minor pain, abdominal discomfort, general weakness and irritability may appear.
Peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum
Pathology, which is characterized by the formation of defects on the mucosa against a background of prolonged inflammatory process. The disease is widespread among the male population, with the ulcer of DPC occurring 4 times more often than the stomach ulcer.
The cause of this condition can serve as: infection of Helicobacter pylori, prolonged exposure to the walls of the gastrointestinal tract of rough food and irritants, predisposition to gastritis, taking certain medicines for a long period, drinking strong coffee, alcohol and smoking, being in a stressful state for a long timetime.
Symptoms of stomach and duodenal ulcers differ slightly from each other, so you should pay attention to this.
When the stomach is affected, the following symptoms appear: pain is permanent and localized above the navel, weight loss, decreased appetite, after eating, a feeling of nausea and vomiting appears in which blood clots can be seen, the stool darkens and sometimes you can also see blood, a slight increase in body temperature.
Patients complain of frequent heartburn, acute pain, especially at night, nausea and frequent vomiting, constipation, especially during the period of exacerbation. It is worth noting that when these two organs are affected, the pancreas does not remain without attention, its work is also broken and therapy is required to maintain the body of internal secretion.
Stomach ulcer can occur not only in an adult, but also in a child, and the hereditary factor and nutrition of the
play a large role. Diagnosis of diseases is simple and can be identified with the help of FGDs. Treatment is carried out under the strict supervision of a doctor for 1-2 months in a hospital setting. Do not ignore the diet and proper diet.
Food poisoning
A pathological condition in which there is a strong intoxication of the body with the poison of bacteria that actively multiplied with improper storage of food. There are a lot of factors provoking the development of intoxication. The most common of them - eating low-quality food and inedible mushrooms.
Also in the risk group are products in which bacteria can quickly multiply: sour-milk products, eggs( especially in raw form), meat of different varieties( including fish), sweet bakery products containing cream, canned home-cooked products,raw materials with broken vacuum packaging, etc.
The clinical picture of food poisoning is considered to be: high body temperature, loss or loss of appetite, bloating, rumbling, nausea and vomiting, severe diarrhea, abdominal pain along the bowel,e blood pressure, increased sweating.
Because of vomiting and diarrhea, dehydration of the body occurs and as a result dryness of the skin and mucous membranes is noted. To diagnose the disease, it is enough for the doctor to examine the patient and interview him. Treatment is shown in a hospital with mandatory dehydration therapy.
Gastroenteritis
Disease, which is characterized by inflammation of the gastric mucosa and small intestine and leads to a disorder of secretory, digestive and transport function. The causes of this condition can be bacterial, viral, protozoal infection, chemical burns, severe allergic reactions.
It is very rare that gastroenteritis is an independent disease, most often it is a syndrome of a serious illness. If the cause of the disease is the virus, the disease develops suddenly.
Symptoms of the pathology may be as follows: intense abdominal cramping, nausea and vomiting, upset of the stool, fever, muscle and headache, rumbling and transfusion in the abdomen, increased gas production with no gas leakage from the intestine, general weakness and malaise.
Diagnosis of gastroenteritis is not difficult for an experienced specialist. A true diagnosis can be made based on anamnesis and patient complaints. To find out the cause of the disease resort to laboratory methods of diagnosis: a clinical analysis of blood and urine, examination of stool and vomit.
It is possible to carry out therapeutic measures both in a hospital setting and outpatient. Treatment directly depends on the causative agent of the disease, its course, severity. In addition to medicines, you need a lot of drinking and keeping a sparing diet.
Polyps in the stomach
Pathology, characterized by the presence of benign proliferation of glandular epithelium. Polyps can be single( not more than 3 pieces throughout the body) or multiple( more than 10).In this situation, the patient is diagnosed with multiple( diffuse) polyposis.
In the form of the most common can be found round or oblong neoplasms, their color varies from grayish to bright red. The average size of polyps reaches 1.5 cm, but can reach 6 cm. The pathology is most often diagnosed in the male part of the population, whose age is 45-55 years.
Neoplasms can appear as a result of prolonged chronic foci of inflammation in the stomach( chronic gastritis or peptic ulcer disease), the age of patients over 45, the microorganism Helicobacter pylori, which has colonized the organs of the gastrointestinal tract, genetic predisposition, prolonged intake of certain medicines, malnutrition and severe stress.
Symptoms of polyps depend directly on the size of the tumor and the location of its localization: soreness in the upper abdomen, dyspepsia( diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, increased gas formation), a feeling of belly distension, a slight increase in temperature, gastric bleeding.
After the diagnostic measures, a method of treating the polyp is chosen, which most often turns out to be surgical, since neoplasms can degenerate into a cancerous tumor
Gastric cancer
Malignant neoplasm in the stomach that progresses steadily in the absence of treatment and leads to severe consequences, up to a lethal outcome. The disease is almost 2 times more common among men, whose age ranges from 40-65 years.
The exact causes of tumor development have not been fully investigated, but factors promoting atypical growth of cells have been proved; chronic diseases of the stomach, hereditary predisposition, alcohol abuse, smoking, long-term use of medicines( corticosteroids and antibiotics), malnutrition and consumption of foods with highsugar content, coloring agents, food additives, flavor enhancers, etc.
In addition, special attention should be paid to the ecological environment in which the patient livesent. Unfortunately, at an early stage of the development of the disease the tumor does not make itself felt, that is, the course of the cancer proceeds secretly.
As the tumor grows, the following symptoms appear: a feeling of heaviness in the abdomen, heartburn, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting that brings relief. There is a strong loss of body weight, flatulence, belching, violation of the act of defecation. At the 3rd and 4th stages of stomach cancer, patients often complain of abdominal pain.
Treatment of gastric cancer surgical followed by chemotherapy and treatment of the location of the tumor
There may be bloody vomiting and a sharp rise in body temperature( as a result of tumor disintegration) and chills. Diagnosis of the disease can be done by taking a small piece of a tumor on a biopsy.
First aid for
Many people know that if you have abdominal pain, you can not apply a warm water bottle, take painkillers, eat or drink water. But what if the stomach hurts and the temperature rises. It is necessary to call an ambulance as soon as possible and wait for it in a state of complete rest.
You can get to the hospital yourself, but only with the obligatory accompaniment of someone. It is allowed to take medicines that lower body temperature. You can put ice on an area that delivers discomfort.