Everyone knows well-known folk expressions “the navel will be untied” (regarding the upcoming hard business), “you will tear your stomach” (it means either something very funny, or, again, a difficult event). However, from a medical point of view, there is an injury that fits the term "tore the stomach." Her symptoms are exactly the same as those of an umbilical hernia. Which is not surprising, since it is she who is simply called a tear in the abdomen. True, sometimes this term implies a stretching of the abdominal muscles, but such an interpretation is rare. A torn stomach occurs in people who sharply raised a significant load or for a long time carried (pushing, pulling) heavy objects at the limit of their physical capabilities. Physiologically, the injury is manifested by the omission of the slide valve below the intended place - according to the rules, it should be in the navel area.
Signs of tear
If a woman has torn her stomach, the symptoms appear as follows: there are strong pains shooting along the entire border of the lower back. Similar sensations appear in the lower abdomen. Often the displacement of the zolotnichka causes bloating and grunting of the abdomen with subsequent diarrhea. It can prick in the side like it happens after a quick run or with renal colic. Sometimes severe abdominal pain is accompanied by a “kickback” in the groin, and so sensitive that it becomes difficult to walk. In some cases, a person can’t straighten up or breathe superficially - to breathe deeply hurts.
However, you should not immediately conclude that your girlfriend has torn her stomach. Symptoms may also indicate other problems with internal organs - from gynecology to appendicitis or a popping vertebra. It is difficult for a non-specialist to make an accurate diagnosis, so with pain in the abdomen it is better to move in the direction of the clinic.
First aid to get to the hospital
If a person after “working as a loader” has severe abdominal pain and people suspect a breakdown, first of all, it is necessary to fix the affected area. It should be laid back on a flat and hard surface and a dense fabric should be placed under the lower back - for example, a rigid sheet folded three times diagonally. The strip should not be too narrow, but not wide - 20-30 centimeters. The first turn is done below, near the groin itself, the second - above, right along the navel. If the length of the cloth is enough, it is better to make a third turn, under the diaphragm. You can’t push hard, but the dressing must be tight. It is especially necessary to act especially carefully if this woman has torn her stomach: symptoms can indicate acute problems with reproductive organs that have arisen - the signs coincide in many respects. The victim should stand up carefully, sideways, and not directly from the back.
Hernia reduction
If a person nearby has the skills of a massage therapist, he can help the victim if he is sure that she has torn her stomach. What to do:
- Put the patient straight, arms extended (bending at the elbows or throwing over the head should not be).
- Feel the area around the navel to find the shifted golden valve.
- Lubricate the skin with petroleum jelly or oily cream.
- Put your hands together (like a butterfly), bend your fingers.
- Press the bottom of the moving body - strongly, but smoothly and not sharply - and roll forward towards the correct location.
- When the slide valve "reaches" to the desired point, hold hands in this place to secure.
The same actions are performed from the sides of the navel. After the procedure, a tight lump of tissue or a bundle of thread is placed on the navel, and the injured one presses it to the stomach so that the muscles remember the desired position.
It’s usually impossible to achieve success from one time — several procedures will be required. However, one should not rush, so that harsh actions do not harm.
Recovery period
Whoever adjusts the slide valve to the victim - a doctor or a massage therapist, cannot immediately consider himself healthy. Rehabilitation lasting about two weeks is required. And the person who tore his stomach, should support the treatment with his own efforts.
Firstly, you need to get up after sleep sideways: roll over, hang your legs, lean on your hand and only then raise your torso.
Secondly, until the stretched muscles are strengthened, a bandage should be worn. And put it on before putting it up, lying on its back - just as it was the first time a torn belly was fixed.
Thirdly, no lifting weights and sports exercises. Leaning is also undesirable, so as not to get a re-shift.
How can people help
Healers believe that the "navel is untied" due to a lack of silicon. Therefore, the unfortunate person who has torn his stomach can speed up the treatment with oat decoctions: boil a glass of grain (not cereal!) For half an hour in a glass of water and squeeze it. The volume of the potion is not limited in any way - you can drink instead of tea or other drinks. Drinking water is advised to insist on flint (sold in pharmacies).
For poultices, a tablespoon of wolf's bast (also a completely pharmaceutical ingredient) is boiled in a glass of water; after cooling completely it is drained. Even when cold, it can bake skin. Therefore, a person with a torn belly will have to make an adaptation: in a thick tissue, cut a hole with a diameter from the navel and lay it on the stomach. Cotton wool impregnated with tincture is put into the hole, and the whole structure is fixed for the night.