Sometimes it cuts in the stomach, because the person did not eat on time and was very hungry. This reason is quite safe, in most cases it is enough to normalize the diet. But the primary sources may be different, and the pain sometimes comes suddenly, collapses with all its might, causing panic and confusion. Consider what can provoke it.
Relevance of the issue
He notes that he cuts in the stomach, at least once in his life, any person. Such sensations do not always indicate a serious illness, and yet they cannot be ignored. Discomfort of varying degrees can be triggered by starvation, overeating, excessive drinking. At the same time, doctors are paying attention: even a relatively weak thread can signal serious problems. The stronger the sensation, the higher the likelihood that the patient needs urgent qualified help.
To live long and minimally risk your health, you need to understand what pain indicates the need to change the rhythm of life, and which is an occasion to consult a specialist.
Causes and consequences
If it cuts in the stomach, physiology may be the cause, in other cases pathology. The pain syndrome is usually temporary, many ignore it altogether, believing that everything “will pass by itself”. By tightening the case, one may encounter complications. It is known that very often the provocateur of unpleasant phenomena is gastritis. This disease is widespread. Attacks of pain are associated with meals. Sensations intensify after eating particularly harmful foods. In the acute variant, it severely cuts in the epigastrium, and the syndrome resolves rather quickly, but returns after the next meal. In chronicles, soreness is often aching, the stomach bursts, possibly bloating.
In some, the stomach cuts due to dyspepsia. With this pathology, pain comes in cramps, accompanied by nausea. Usually there is a feeling of an excessively full abdomen, and the patient gradually loses his appetite. The pain syndrome is localized in the stomach, but the provocateur is the pancreas. With dyspepsia, the use of antispasmodics usually does not give the desired effect precisely because of the root cause of pain - such drugs do not affect the functioning of the gland.
Diagnoses and features
If you consult a doctor in order to find out why the stomach is cutting, perhaps the doctor will reveal a gastric ulcer. This disease is also quite common. Often, an ulcer forms against the background of a long ongoing gastritis. For such a patient, the feeling of pain in the stomach becomes somewhat familiar, to some extent, but the ulceration process makes certain adjustments - the nature of the symptom changes. With foci of the ulcerative process, the soreness is sharp, strong. Sensations are activated immediately after a meal.
If the stomach is severely cut, you can suspect polyposis, the presence of neoplasms. A predominantly similar pathological condition does not carry a life threat, but it is a source of serious discomfort. When a person eats, food penetrates the gastric tract, irritates the nervous system, which is permeated with neoplasms. Very often pain accompanies overeating. With neoplasms, the pains are usually pulling, cutting, aching, and the stomach is given a feeling of excessive fullness even with small amounts of absorbed. Fear of such a phenomenon forces a person to refuse food.
Viruses and Allergies
Sometimes the feeling, as if in the stomach, cuts, and diarrhea are the companions of viral invasion. Such phenomena may be accompanied by pulmonary inflammation, tonsillitis. Mostly the symptoms worry the first three days, while the nature of the pain is not too intense. There is a chance of infection of the urogenital tract. The pathological agent may enter the pancreas, gall bladder. With this area of localization of the infection, the pain is transient. Cramping is possible.
Sometimes in the stomach it cuts after eating due to an allergic reaction to food. Soreness occurs as soon as an allergen enters the human body; lasts until the digestion of this substance is complete. The characteristics of the sensations and the strength of the unpleasant syndrome vary greatly from case to case. For some, the pain is very weak and almost not felt, for others it is cutting and intense, and someone is worried about severe cramps.
The reasons are different
Sometimes it cuts in the stomach, pain is disturbed with particular force, because the person is very nervous. Soreness is possible against a background of severe stress and intense experience. Sometimes this syndrome accompanies prolonged depression.
In recent years, doctors often diagnose pain due to phobias. These may be associated with the first exit to a new workplace or the need to speak in front of an audience.
It is known that many internal diseases can provoke pain and pain. Often, in fact, the source is not located in the stomach, here the pain only surrenders. This is possible, in particular, with a heart attack, pyelonephritis.
With prolonged starvation during the night's rest, pain can be triggered by excessive generation of hydrochloric acid. Sometimes the primary source is pathogenic bacteria that have settled in the gastric tract. Pain can indicate gastrinoma, a pathological formation that generates gastric juice. In the stomach it can cut due to malignant disease.
Check everything
To choose the right means of pain correction, you must first determine what caused it and why it cuts in the stomach. Pain is a good reason to visit the clinic, where the doctor will prescribe a diagnosis based on the nuances of the client's condition.
Only pain is not a reason to make an accurate diagnosis. First, the doctor will interview the patient, clarify the nature and location of the phenomenon, the frequency of occurrence and strength, and also ask to analyze whether the sensations are associated with meals. Next, the patient is referred for examination using ultrasound. If there is a neoplasm, degenerated tissue sites are observed, the analysis will allow them to be accurately localized. Esogastroduodenography is usually recommended, that is, a study of the gastric cavity through a small video camera. Sometimes it is necessary to do a CT scan, MRI.
What to do?
Immediately, if it cuts in the stomach, what to accept does not work: too much depends on the root cause of the phenomenon. If the pain is accompanied by spasms, antispasmodics can be used. Such remedies are quick-acting drugs used as emergency care. They can not be treated. They will not affect the root cause, and prolonged use is likely to cause deterioration. It is necessary to go to the doctor, undergo the tests prescribed by him, and on the basis of the results the doctor will select the appropriate treatment.
However, there are still some general recommendations, so the doctor can tell you, even at the first appointment, what to do. It cuts in the stomach, because there are problems in the digestive tract, which means that it is possible to alleviate the condition or minimize the risk of the syndrome if you switch to a facilitated diet. Persons suffering from stomach pains are shown to drink milk, eat boiled and steamed food, preferring low-fat foods. You can eat dietary meat. Everything canned, salty, spicy, sour is strictly prohibited, since these products cause increased generation of gastric juice. Even in a perfectly healthy person, such nutrition can cause cramping and pain in the stomach.
Treatment features
To minimize the likelihood of unpleasant situations, it is recommended to abandon the absorption of food before bedtime - then the feeling will not arise so often, as if it were cutting in the stomach. The reason may be a feeling of hunger - then at night they drink a glass of warm milk sweetened with natural honey.
If the soreness is very strong, it is recommended to eat according to the facilitated program. They prefer soups in the form of mashed potatoes and cream, and fish and meat are steamed, and it is advisable to chop everything thoroughly before use. Grated cereals and mashed potatoes made from boiled vegetables are recommended.
Doctors urge not to seek help from friends, asking how to be treated and what to drink. The stomach cuts, pains and cramps occur for good reason in it - self-medication can only do harm. If the source of pain is outside the digestive tract, and the pain radiates to this zone, the use of excess drugs can significantly worsen a person’s condition. If a diagnosis has been made earlier, a chronic disease has been identified, a relapse has begun, to alleviate the condition, one should eat as soft and safe foods as possible, drink medicinal decoctions and blueberry teas.
Safety nuances
If the stomach hurts, there is a feeling of pain, it is strictly forbidden to drink alcohol. Some people mistakenly think that alcohol helps to calm down, which means to cope with any disease. With some diagnoses, temporary relief is indeed possible, but this is a deceptive sensation, soon followed by increased anxiety. After taking alcohol, the condition is likely to deteriorate sharply and greatly, since such drinks aggressively affect the gastric mucous membranes.
If the pain comes often, once in a while you have to take more and more drugs, you need to see a doctor.
What will help?
Often, from the pain in the stomach, Omeprazole is used. The tool is available in tablet form. Medicines have proven themselves well:
- No-Shpa.
- Drotaverinum.
- "Papaverine".
- "Maalox."
Sometimes with pain in the stomach, Mezim is used.
Performance Nuances
Drotaverinum is used if stomach pain is accompanied by cramping. The drug is able to relax the muscle fibers that form the intestinal tract, prevents excessive narrowing of the internal lumens. Since the pain is often caused precisely by increased muscle tone, it disappears soon after taking the medication. It must be borne in mind that the medicine is able to reduce the tone of the uterine muscles, therefore it is undesirable to use it during the period of gestation. If necessary, pregnant women are prescribed Papaverine, which has a similar effect.
"Omeprazole" refers to a class of drugs that inhibit the activity of the proton pump, due to which gastric juice is generated more slowly. At the cell level, the process of producing hydrochloric acid is prevented. Omeprazole, made using the active ingredient of the same name, is prohibited for elderly people and patients with liver failure. Excessive intake leads to a deterioration in appetite.
What else helps?
In case of pain and pain in the stomach, the doctor may advise Omez. This drug is effective in the case of a breeding colony of bacteria Helicobacter pylori. This conditionally pathological microorganism can provoke the formation of areas of ulceration. The use of "Omez" changes the level of acidity of the gastric environment, how much reducing it, therefore, favorable conditions are formed for the processing of antimicrobial agents. Omez is often combined with antibiotics to increase the effectiveness of the drug program.
Mezim and similar drugs are recommended for use if the normal gastrointestinal function is impaired. The composition of the preparations contains enzymes that can enhance the functioning of the pancreas, as well as simplify and improve the quality of the digestion process. The use of Mezima and its analogues helps to eliminate intestinal bloating and spasmodic phenomena. You can relieve stomach cramps caused by reflux esophagitis.
Features of taking drugs
The choice of a specific product and the rules for its use should be determined by the doctor. There are two popular options for schemes: ascending, descending. In the first case, the medicine is first prescribed as the minimum dose, gradually increasing the volumes of the drug received by the patient. At the beginning of the program, you need to adjust your lifestyle and switch to a safe diet. In order to normalize metabolism, proton pump inhibitory drugs are used. Additionally, antacids that can protect the mucous membranes from the negative effects of the contents of the gastrointestinal tract can be recommended.
The downgrade program involves starting with a high dosage with a gradual reduction in the volumes used. When it is found out in practice what a clinically effective dose is, the medicine is prescribed with a long-term program to maintain the patient's condition.