What causes stomach pain and what to do?


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Stomach pain may be caused by gastritis, gastric ulcer, gastric cancer and other causes, usually according to the cause of symptomatic treatment.1, gastritis: if suffering from gastritis, due to acute or chronic inflammation of the gastric mucosa, when the gastric mucosa is stimulated by gastric acid or inflammatory substances will cause stomach pain phenomenon, often manifested as mid-abdominal pain, often accompanied by fullness, dull pain, burning sensation and other symptoms. Patients with acute gastritis are usually treated with fasting, fluid replacement and drugs to relieve stomach spasms, such as belladonna tincture, atropine, pethidine hydrochloride, etc. For gastritis caused by gastric mucosal damage, gastric mucosal protective agents, such as sucralfate, teprenone, aluminum hydroxide gel, etc., are usually taken for treatment. 2. Gastric ulcer: If suffering from gastric ulcer, due to gastric wall mucosa or deeper ulcers, the surrounding mucosa is in a state of congestion, edema, when stimulated by gastric acid, will cause stomach pain phenomenon, mostly occurs within half an hour to an hour after meals. Gastric ulcer is usually treated with anti-Helicobacter pylori drugs, such as proton pump inhibitor + bismuth +2 antibiotics, such as lansoprazole + colloidal bismuth pectin + amoxicillin + metronidazole. 3. Gastric cancer: Because gastric mucosa epithelial cells canceration, compression, invasion of the stomach and adjacent tissues, resulting in upper abdominal pain symptoms, often accompanied by indigestion, heartburn, anorexia and other symptoms. For early gastric cancer is usually treated by surgery, excision of the primary lesion and clearance of nearby lymph tissue; for advanced patients need to cooperate with chemotherapy and radiotherapy for treatment.