A guide to the abdominal cavity: do not play fortune teller when the pain comes!

The occurrence of painful sensations in the abdomen is not uncommon. Few people attach importance to them, linking them with banal digestive problems. However, such a symptom may indicate serious pathologies of the abdominal organs and not only, but timely. diagnosis It could save your life.

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Causes of stomach pain
  1. Right hypochondrium
    Such localization of pain is characteristic of diseases of the liver, gallbladder, duodenum or pancreas. And with pancreatitis and duodenal ulcer, pain gives to the lower back, but with kidney stones - to the groin area. If the pain is accompanied by a feeling of bitterness in the mouth, this is a sure sign of inflammation of the gallbladder.
  2. Middle abdomen on the right
    Pain in this area of the abdominal cavity may indicate gallstone disease, urinary tract infection and even helminthic invasion.
  3. Low abdomen on the right
    The most common cause of localization of pain in this area is inflammation of the worm-like process of the cecum, that is, appendicitis. In this case, the pain is acute, accompanied by nausea, vomiting and an increase in body temperature. Also, such pain can be a clinical sign of gynecological problems in women and inguinal hernia in men.


  4. epigastric region
    Pain in the epigastric region can be a symptom of banal heartburn, indigestion or indicate more serious health problems. Shingles pain in this area is a sure sign of pancreatitis. But if the pain is associated with heart disease, they are accompanied by shortness of breath and a feeling of fear. Pain with gastritis, stomach ulcer and epigastric hernia will also have a similar localization.

  5. Navel area
    Discomfort in the waist may indicate gastritis, pancreatitis or umbilical hernia. Even inflammation of the appendix very often gives such symptoms.
  6. Lower abdomen
    Pain in the lower abdomen in men may indicate chronic prostatitis. But in women, a bouquet of diseases with localization of pain in this area is much more. In women, such pain can signal inflammatory processes of the internal genital organs, endometriosis, adnexitis, the approach of menstruation. Such pain is one of the symptoms of a possible rupture of an ovarian cyst or ectopic pregnancy.




  7. Left hypochondrium
    The occurrence of such pain may indicate stomach problems, may be a symptom of pancreatitis or renal colic. The latter, by the way, is completely unbearable, and it is extremely difficult to confuse its symptoms. Also, the cause of discomfort can be inflammation of the pleura of the lungs.
  8. Middle abdomen on the left
    Pain in this area may be a sign of urolithiasis, gastritis, or spleen pathology.
  9. Low abdomen on the left
    The pain can be a consequence of a violation of the sigmoid and transverse colon, as well as the left kidney. Often, pain in this area indicates the development of diverticulitis (herniform protrusion of the intestinal wall). It happens that pain signals colitis, the cause of which is helminthiasis.




Remember that pain is only one of the symptoms of a disease! To make an accurate diagnosis, you must immediately consult a specialist.

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