All organs of the digestive system are actively and constantly functioning. Moreover, they are very closely related to the external environment. This becomes possible due to the receipt of food from outside. Why does my stomach hurt and feel sick? The cause of such syndromes can be many pathological processes. Moreover, they are usually divided into two groups.
What causes the disease?
The first group of causes of pain symptoms in the stomach area refers directly to its pathology. Unpleasant sensations can occur in connection with lesions of other organs.
The stomach hurts and feels sick with ulcers and gastritis. Sometimes these symptoms cause polyps. They may indicate the presence of cancerous tumors. Stomach pain and nausea can be signs of bacterial or viral infections. Unpleasant sensations cause damage to the mucous membrane of this organ of the digestive system. The stomach hurts and is sick with allergies and human intolerance to certain foods. The likelihood of such symptoms is high during physical and emotional stress. They are observed with food poisoning. All these pathologies of the stomach belong to the first group of causes that cause pain and nausea.
Unpleasant sensations can be the result of some ailments. Among them -
diaphragm spasm, various diseases of blood vessels and heart, inflammation of the appendix, pathology of the small and large intestines, as well as pancreatitis. These reasons belong to the second group.
Gastritis
Constant or paroxysmal pain in the stomach should be a reason for visiting a specialist. Self-diagnosis, as well as treatment carried out without the recommendation of a doctor, can have dangerous consequences.
The stomach hurts and is sick with chronic gastritis. In this case, the symptoms appear infrequently and do not differ in intensity. People can live with this disease for years. In this case, the pathology does not cause any particular concern. Pain is dull and aching.
The patient should track the reaction of the stomach to a particular food. The main task in this case is the identification of food that produces the most powerful reaction. Its amount in the daily diet should be minimized.
The main signs of the chronic form of gastritis are a feeling of fullness and heaviness in the stomach, nausea and belching, heartburn and regurgitation. A person becomes irritable and weak. His fatigue increases, excessive sweating and drowsiness occur. Pain in the heart appears , and the skin becomes pale.
Ulcer
This is also one of the often diagnosed pathologies, which becomes the reason that a person has a stomach ache and is very sick, even before vomiting. The appearance of signs of the disease begins, as a rule, after eating. However, this does not happen immediately. It usually takes about two hours after eating. Pathology is exacerbated in spring and autumn. Illness during these periods can cause unbearable suffering.
With an ulcer, not only does the stomach hurt and feel sick. Heartburn and sour belching also appear. After eating, there is often vomiting. Ulcers also suffer from weight loss. If the pain in this pathology has become sharp and stitching, you should immediately visit a doctor. This symptom may indicate the appearance of holes (perforation) in the wall of the stomach.