Are in your first trimester of pregnancy, and experiencing pain in your lower abdomen? Cramping is common in early pregnancy. but it’s still reasonable to be concerned– or at least wary– any time you feel lower abdominal pain. If your pain is severe, consult your midwife or obstetrician promptly. Mild lower abdominal pain is usually ...
Pregnancy brings about many life changing experiences and emotions. For many women, the bodily change process involved with pregnancy can be, at times, overwhelming. For many women, delivery of a newborn by cesarean section, also known as c-section, brings about additional health issues, including bodily changes, for which a woman may not have anticipated. This ...
Sooner or later everyone experiences abdominal discomfort. Common terms include stomachache, upset stomach, tummyache, indigestion, and bellyache. All are non-medical terms and so vague that it’s difficult for any doctor to determine what causes the pain in your gut. Definitions of what constitutes a tummyache vary between individuals. To some, a stomachache is nausea, to ...
Of all the physical symptoms one can experience, abdominal pain is one of the hardest to diagnose. It can indicate a wide variety of diseases, disorders and conditions, each of which may be accompanied by other symptoms that can also overlap. Right side abdominal pain, however, narrows the field considerably, and may point to one ...
The intake of complex carbohydrates is essential to maintaining a healthy diet. Such carbohydrates are found in many different healthy foods, such as beans, legumes, whole wheat grains, fruits, and vegetables. Yet, the truth of the matter is that the majority of people suffer, to one degree or another, from a condition known as Complex ...
If you look up “Crohn’s Disease Symptoms,” the first one on almost every list you find is “abdominal pain, acute or chronic.” In my ongoing battle to live with Crohn’s, I find that I most often have acute abdominal pain that comes both suddenly and apparently from nowhere. It is a stabbing and intense pain, ...
Abdominal pain can be caused by various ailments. Disease processes in the chest and the pelvis can mimic abdominal pain. There are several characteristics of abdominal pain, which can let a patient know that it is serious enough to seek emergency care. Abdominal pain can be acute or chronic. The onset nature and character of ...
Ischemic colitis, which is the most common of the diseases under the umbrella of bowel ischemia, is a condition in which the bowel experiences a shortage of blood supply, frequently causing damage to the intestines and colon. Many patients who develop ischemic colitis suffer from other bowel diseases and conditions, such as Crohn’s disease and ...
A common reason for misdiagnosis of diseases and disorders is the lack of specifics when a patient describes his or her condition to a doctor. A set of symptoms frequently has more than one possible cause, which means that patients must strive to describe their symptoms as thoroughly as possible for correct diagnoses. If you’re ...
Abdominal pain is pretty common, and oftentimes, it requires no intervention. However, there are time when abdominal pain warrants a visit with your doctor, of an immediate visit to the emergency room. Sometimes it is hard to know when you need to see a doctor for your abdominal pain. Once you know a bit more ...
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