left abdominal pain
Introduction
Introduction Abdominal pain usually refers to the pain that occurs in front of the body from the lower edge of the rib to the pubic bone. Generally speaking, pain can be divided into two types: dull pain and sharp pain (painful pain). Dull pain refers to faint pain, and most of the pain caused by organs or internal organs belongs to it; sharp pain refers to very obvious pain, and patients can Knowing the location of the pain is usually associated with obstruction of the duct, such as bile duct stones and intestinal obstruction.
Cause
Cause
The causes and effects of abdominal pain can be light and heavy. When abdominal pain occurs, in order to accurately understand the cause, the patient should pay more attention to the pain condition, so that the doctor can make a diagnosis, including the location of the pain, the time, the nature of the pain, whether it is accompanied by other symptoms, and the change of pain. Factors and so on.
Whether abdominal pain is accompanied by other symptoms is also one of the key points for discriminating the cause. For example, diarrhea may be gastrointestinal inflammation; constipation may be obstruction of feces; vomiting may consider intestinal obstruction or inflammation; changes in bowel habits may be caused by large intestine; There are symptoms such as jaundice and fever, which may be bile duct or liver lesions; frequent urination, difficulty in urinating, nocturia, etc., should consider bladder, urethra and other issues, these accompanying different symptoms can help distinguish the true pain the reason.
Factors affecting pain changes can not be ignored. Especially gastrointestinal diseases are one of the common causes of abdominal pain, and gastrointestinal diseases are closely related to diet. Therefore, the relationship between diet and pain changes can be said to be an important basis for preliminary judgment of abdominal pain, for example. : Abdominal pain when eating, may be gastritis, pancreatitis; fasting is easy to feel pain, eating something but feel more comfortable, it may be peptic ulcer.
Examine
an examination
Related inspection
Abdominal MRI examination abdominal CT abdominal plain film
Generally, according to the abdominal organ, the abdomen can be centered on the navel, and the painting is divided into four areas, namely, upper right, lower right, upper left, and lower left, which is pain in the upper left area. Duodenal ulcers and gastric ulcers are stomach ulcers, which are a common global disease. Duodenal ulcers are more common in young adults, and gastric ulcers are more common in middle-aged and older people. The peak incidence of the latter is about 10 years later than the former. Clinically, duodenal ulcer is more common than gastric ulcer, and the ratio of the two is about 3:1. Peptic ulcers occur mostly at the turn of autumn or winter or winter and spring, but it does not mean that other seasons do not occur, and usually duodenal ulcers are more obvious.
Diagnosis
Differential diagnosis
