1 The causes of the disease

The concept of gastralgia has Latin roots and in translation from the ancient language means pain in the stomach. The causes of their occurrence can be:

• gastritis;
• functional dyspepsia;
• stomach cancer;
• stomach ulcer;
• polyps of the stomach.

Also, pain can occur due to overeating, indigestion, constipation or physical overwork. Can accompany bacterial infections or appendicitis. It is not excluded the appearance of spasms and pain sensations on psychological grounds.

2 Diseases, accompanied by gastralegia

When assessing the pain that has arisen, it is necessary to take into account its nature, duration, localization, periodicity, whether it extends from the place of primary education, communication with food intake and the process of defecation, body position changes, physical stress and psychological stress,when taking medication. Do not forget that the pain in the stomach arises and because of the disease of other body systems: in case of an infarction, croupous pneumonia, neurological diseases and others, which can affect the accuracy of diagnosis.

The intensity of pain can be different. With the development of chronic gastritis, it is not intense, and the patient can not pay attention to it, but with a stomach ulcer or duodenal ulcer, the pain is so strong that the patient is forced to take drugs that remove her. Disease perforative ulcer is accompanied by so intense flour that it can cause painful shock. However, the individual sensitivity to gastralegia in different people is different, so it is difficult to objectively assess the level of pain sensations.

In this case, the manifested nature of pain can also speak of complications. So patients with chronic gastritis complain of the appearance of a feeling of heaviness and bursting in the epigastrium. The same symptoms are characteristic of the pyloric stenosis. The appearance of severe pain in these patients often develops as a complex effect of colitis, pancreatitis and cholecystitis. With chronic gastritis, the pain is more often dull, aching. A peptic ulcer is accompanied by cramping sharp attacks. Duodenal ulcer and chronic duodenitis are characterized by stitching, cramping, cutting and sucking pain.

3 Diagnosis of

When trying to find out the cause of gastralgia, you first need to pay attention to eating and the connection with it pain. Some products can cause bloating, abrupt bowel movement and other causes that cause pain. Also, some people are not able to digest milk, which also leads to the appearance of unpleasant sensations in them. It is worth paying attention to the effects of physical and neuropsychic loads, which also contribute to the occurrence of pain. If the reason for these factors, then it is enough to eliminate them, that is, change the way of feeding and reduce the load, then the symptom will disappear itself. In the case of the manifestation of the disease you need to find out its cause.

Chronic gastritis is often accompanied by early pain in a couple of minutes after eating, especially if it is acidic or rough. The peptic ulcer - in an hour - one and a half after meal, the same occurs and at development of an ulcer of the channel of the pylorus. The development of duodenal ulcer is accompanied by late pain, after two or more hours. However, this period may vary depending on the type of food. So food with high alkaline buffering contributes to late pain, and rough plant foods - much earlier.

A patient experiencing gastralgia may develop fear of eating, as a result of which he will start refusing to eat. At the same time, patients suffering from duodenitis or duodenal ulcer, feel "hungry" pain, which is facilitated with the help of soft or liquid food.

With the development of stomach cancer, pain is difficult to connect with any specific reasons, they are unsystematic.

In case of acute and severe pain in the stomach, the appearance on its background of weakness or dizziness, increased heart rate, lower blood pressure, fever, vomiting, fainting or visible bleeding, you should urgently consult a doctor. If moderate, but regular and prolonged painfulness occurs, it is also necessary to visit a doctor, especially if these symptoms are accompanied by loss of appetite and weight.

It is not necessary to neglect the pain that has arisen and douse it with drugs, as it can indicate the development of a serious gastrointestinal tract. Many of them in the first stages are easily treated, while a neglected form can lead to disability.

4 Treatment of

disease Only the specialist can determine the procedure and the sequence of treatment, in this case it is a gastroenterologist. He conducts a personal examination, and then sends the patient to the delivery of tests, most often a general analysis of urine and blood. To diagnose, fibrogastroduodenoscopy and ultrasound of the abdominal cavity are also used.

An exact diagnosis is possible only after a complete examination. As it was stated, the cause of gastralegia can be a disease not of the digestive system, this fact will be revealed during the examination.

Treatment of gastralegia is most often performed with the help of conservative methods. Assigning drugs to the patient, contributing not only to the treatment of the disease, but also to the removal of discomfort in the abdomen. In some cases, it is sufficient for a patient to undergo a short course of treatment with the use of widespread medicines or herbal infusions. Quite common situations in which qualified care for a patient can be provided only in a hospital setting.

If the picture of the disease is not completely clear, do not resort to medication and other medications, as they can not only "drown out" the symptoms and stretch out the time, but cause irreparable harm, like a hot-water bottle with appendicitis that promotes the development of peritonitis.

Taking medications is possible only on the advice of a doctor, so when the disease is established, and funds that relieve pain and heartburn may be prescribed. These are antacid preparations, H2-histamine-receptor blockers, proton pump inhibitors, and others.

Pain treatment is mainly done with antisecretory drugs, prokinetics and antagonists of dopamine receptors. These drugs help restore the healthy state of the esophagus, improve the tone of the sphincter and accelerate the excretion of stomach contents.

Prevention of gastralegia includes general wishes for the observance of a healthy lifestyle:

• rejection of bad habits;
• sports;
• healthy food;
• competent stress management and others.

Thus, gastralgia can be a manifestation of various diseases and, before proceeding with its treatment, it is necessary to correctly diagnose.