stomach cramps

Introduction

Introduction to stomach cramps Gastrospasm is the muscle twitching of the stomach, mainly manifested as upper abdominal pain, vomiting and so on. Why do you have stomach cramps? There are many reasons for this. The stomach itself, such as ulcers, gastritis, bile reflux, dietary factors, and cold. Stomach cramps are a symptom, not a disease. When stomach cramps occur, they are mainly symptomatic. They relieve pain and stop vomiting. If stomach cramps often occur, it is necessary to pay attention to find the cause and treat them from the root cause. This is the most effective method. basic knowledge Probability ratio: Susceptible people: no special people Mode of infection: non-infectious Complications: chronic gastritis

Cause

Stomach cramps

Environmental factors (20%):

Among the environmental factors, the diet is the most common. A more accepted view is that irregular diet may increase the risk of stomach cramps, and cold and stomach-stimulated foods can often cause recurrence of stomach cramps.

Disease factors (15%):

Some chronic diseases are easily associated with stomach cramps, such as gastrinoma, basophilic leukemia, chronic obstructive emphysema, cirrhosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and chronic renal failure.

Self factor (15%):

Individual habits are often associated with the onset of stomach cramps, such as the incidence of stomach cramps in long-term smokers is significantly higher than non-smokers.

Genetic factors (15%):

The incidence of stomach cramps is closely related to genetic factors.

Physical and mental factors (15%):

Long-term psychological stress or sustained high levels of mental stress are predisposed to the phenomenon of digestive stomach cramps.

Drug factors (20%):

In addition, it has been clarified that aspirin can destroy the self-regulating effect of gastric acid secretion and the gastric mucosal barrier, which can cause stomach cramps.

Prevention

Stomach spasm prevention

One: stomach cramps, related to physical and dietary factors, should pay attention to adjustment. Poor constitution, irregular diet is more likely to appear.

Second: Special reminder, regardless of age, physical constitution of patients with intestinal fistula, should pay special attention to not eat plenty of cold food. Especially frozen cold drinks, beer, ice cream, popsicles, etc.. Do not overeating.

Three: Drug stimulation has occurred in recent years. Therefore, do not take drugs, be sure to follow the doctor's advice, because you are not a doctor, the above symptoms, do not panic, not to take drugs.

Four: Avoid drinking a lot of cold drinks, too much temperature difference will strongly stimulate the gastrointestinal tract, leading to sudden contracture.

Five: Avoid eating bananas on an empty stomach. In addition to the potassium that helps sleep, bananas also contain a lot of magnesium. If consumed on an empty stomach, the amount of magnesium in the blood will suddenly increase, and magnesium is one of the sensitive elements that affect heart function. .

Six: Avoid eating pineapples on an empty stomach. Pineapple contains strong enzymes. Eating on an empty stomach can hurt the stomach. Its nutrients must be absorbed better after eating.

Complication

Gastric fistula complications Complications chronic gastritis

Can cause chronic gastritis, stomach pain.

Symptom

Symptoms of stomach cramps Common symptoms Stomach pain, upper abdominal pain, stomach cold pain, nausea

1, sudden severe abdominal pain, such as pain, such as thorn, such as burning, such as twisting.

2, the patient often bends his upper limb or presses with a fist to relieve pain. The pain is often radiated to the left chest, the left shoulder, and the back. At the same time, the rectus abdominis also has an urgency. Or accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and even pale face, cold hands and feet, cold sweat, and even unconscious. Relieve after about a few minutes, or hours of hernia or vomiting. After the pain, the health is as usual. It occurs several times a day, or several times a few days.

Examine

Stomach cramps

Fiber gastroscopy: It is the most reliable method for the examination of gastric-related diseases and the first choice for upper gastrointestinal lesions.

Gastric mucosal examination: Gastric mucosa biopsy is performed by biopsy forceps to take gastric mucosa tissue, and then the obtained mucosal tissue is sent to pathological examination to obtain histopathological diagnosis of local lesions.

Contraindications before the test: 1. Avoid smoking the day before the test, so as not to affect the intubation due to cough. 2. To have adult relatives and friends to accompany, remove the dentures before surgery. 3. Check that the day before dinner should not eat again, check the morning should not drink water.

Diagnosis

Gastric sputum diagnosis

Differential diagnosis of gastric fistula:

1, acute stomach pain: stomach pain is a common clinical symptoms, more common acute and chronic gastritis, stomach, duodenal ulcer disease, gastric nerve uterine energy syndrome. Also seen in gastric mucosal prolapse, gastroptosis, pancreatitis, cholecystitis and cholelithiasis. Acute stomach pain is an acute onset, rapid change, and serious illness. The patient felt severe pain in the stomach, accompanied by snoring, flatulence, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, chest tightness and other symptoms.

2, chronic stomach pain: chronic stomach pain is common in chronic gastritis, chronic gastritis refers to various chronic gastric mucosal inflammatory lesions caused by different causes, is a common disease, is also one of the most common diseases, its incidence in various stomach diseases first place. Since the wide application of fiber endoscopy, the understanding of this disease has been significantly improved. Chronic gastritis often has a certain degree of atrophy (mucosal loss of function) and metaplasia, often involving the cardia, accompanied by loss of G cells and decreased secretion of gastrin, may also involve the body of the body, accompanied by loss of acid secretion glands, leading to stomach acid, Reduction of pepsin and endogenous factors.

3, bloating: Gastrointestinal bloating is caused by a variety of reasons, the gastrointestinal tract is not smooth or obstructed, the gas of the gastrointestinal tract can not be excreted with the gastrointestinal motility outside the area of the gastrointestinal tract called bloating. Gastrointestinal bloating can be functional or organic. For example, irritable bowel syndrome and mild phlegm caused by diabetes make the gastrointestinal bloating a functional bloating. Most of the pyloric obstruction and intestinal obstruction are organic bloating. Both often and constipation exist.

4, stomach cold pain: stomach cold pain is the clinical manifestations of stomach cold. Stomach cold syndrome refers to the symptoms of yin and cold staying in the stomach cramps, mostly due to overeating and cold.

5, the pain in the stomach: the pain in the stomach is a kind of stomach pain. Stomach pain is a non-specific symptom, often found in gastritis, gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, and upper abdominal pain is not necessarily the stomach, it may be liver, sputum and so on.

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