Abdominal pain is the most common manifestation of the disease that a patient with gastrointestinal diseases is facing. Pain and diarrhea can occur in both an adult and a child. Symptoms of the disease are the same regardless of age, so diarrhea, spasms, and vomiting occur both in children and adults.
Most often diarrhea can be caused by poisoning, but in order to pinpoint the cause of diarrhea and know what to do to eliminate such pains and loose stools, you should consult your doctor for a checkup.
Causes of abdominal pain and diarrhea
The most common cause, due to which the stomach hurts, is diarrhea. When there is a disruption in the intestine, and it ceases to function normally, most often diarrhea occurs. The liquid stool begins because the body needs to cleanse itself of harmful substances. Together with him from the body are derived various toxins.
Also, abdominal pain can be triggered by food poisoning. Poor food, spoiled foods can lead to pain and diarrhea that cause discomfort and cause weakness. Very often, with stomach diarrhea, these two symptoms of intestinal diseases are often combined, so they can be treated together. What to do in this case, the doctor can tell exactly.
When the stomach is aching and diarrhea and vomiting caused by the fermentation processes in the stomach start, this can trigger very unpleasant symptoms, namely:
- bloating and rumbling in the abdomen;
- hurts the stomach, the sensations are harsh;
- foamy diarrhea.
In addition, severe pain and loose stools can be a consequence of inflammation of the mucous membrane of the digestive system. In this case, the mucus is released in large quantities, and the absorption of nutrients is reduced. All this leads to the appearance of diarrhea.
What if I have stomachaches and diarrhea?
It is necessary to wash the stomach after the first signs of the disease have appeared, namely diarrhea. It is very important to use a lot of liquid to prevent dehydration and weakness of the body due to frequent diarrhea and vomiting, which can be accompanied by poisoning of varying severity. Food that is poorly digested and has an irritating effect on the stomach and intestines should be excluded from the diet during the treatment of the loose stool.
If after a poisoning there was a dysbacteriosis, then it also requires additional therapy. To know what to do and what measures are necessary to get rid of this disease, you need to contact a specialist.
Abdominal pain accompanied by diarrhea
Also diarrhea and colic in the abdomen can signal the progression of various serious diseases. These include appendicitis, peptic ulcer, and bowel disease. In such cases, after each meal, there are manifestations of diseases - it hurts the lower abdomen, severe diarrhea, weakness.
In diseases of the intestine, the pain is very strong, cramping, and there is also a very loose stool. In this case, diarrhea can be very frequent.
What if diarrhea and hurts the lower abdomen?
The exact cause can not be determined on your own, therefore it is recommended to consult a specialist so that serious health complications can not be brought about due to such manifestations of the disease as loose stool and pain.
But to reduce the severity of these symptoms, causing pain, you can take the following measures:
- if the pain is very severe, then you should take painkillers;
- also it is possible to put a warm radiator on a sore spot.
This will help at the time reduce the manifestation of the disease, until the doctor determines the cause of the disease and does not say what to do to get rid of the manifestations and what tablets to take.
Diarrhea and abdominal pain in a child
. The child's organism is more susceptible to various diseases, including gastrointestinal ones. Therefore, even slightly stale food or unwashed foods can trigger the emergence of complex forms of diarrhea and abdominal pain in the child.
Self-treatment can help in getting rid of diarrhea, but to find out what the child suffers from, you need to see a doctor. Pain and diarrhea can be caused not only by a simple digestive disorder, but also by impaired appendicitis. It is possible to provide the necessary help to a child to treat a loose stool at home if the manifestation of the disease does not increase, and there is also no fever or vomiting.
It is important that the baby eat properly. In the first days of the disease, the child should be given exclusively liquid food. Also, it should not be oily or acute. A child can be given lean broth, boiled on the water porridge. As the state improves and diarrhea decreases in a child, you can gradually include in the diet the wiped fruits and vegetables. They need to be given in small portions and observe the body's response to this food.
Only a doctor can prescribe any medicines and pills to a child, so do not use drugs to get rid of a liquid stool without the recommendation of a specialist.
But what if you need help urgently? You can only use activated charcoal or Smektu to reduce the intensity of the loose stool and get rid of diarrhea. Also, do not wash your baby's stomach if you do not have the proper skills, as this can only aggravate the situation.
Abdominal pain and diarrhea caused by dysentery
One of the main symptoms of dysentery is a high temperature, which can reach 40 degrees. Also, with this disease, the stomach begins to ache. This infectious disease can not be treated independently, it is recommended to consult a doctor immediately if signs of this disease appear or if there are slightest suspicions about it.
Problems with digestion are indicated by colic and abdominal cramps, as well as the diarrhea that follows. With a liquid stool, you need to reduce the amount of food you eat and increase the amount of water you drink. If the pain becomes stronger, then you can drink No-Shpu and Levomycetin as an antibiotic.
Nutrition for abdominal pain and diarrhea
It is very important that food does not harm the body, in particular the intestines and stomach. In the first hours after the appearance of diarrhea it is worth completely giving up food and drinking only water. After some improvement in the condition, you will be able to take food in small portions so as not to induce vomiting. For a while, it is worthwhile to set aside the consumption of foods that are rich in fiber, namely fresh fruits and vegetables. They are very long digested, so it is worthwhile to eat them only in boiled form and in small quantities.
Also, when the stomach is aching and diarrhea has appeared, milk and dairy products should not be eaten. Sour and sweet fruit juices can cause fermentation in the stomach and vomiting, so they can not drink to the patient. With diarrhea, sweet, salty and spicy dishes should not be present in the menu, since they can irritate the stomach and intestines and intensify diarrhea and pain, and medical assistance consists in reducing these manifestations.
When fermenting processes, you should eat foods such as fish, boiled eggs, meat, as they are rich in protein. Carbohydrate food should be consumed with putrefactive diarrhea - porridge, crackers.
Proper nutrition can not properly have a therapeutic effect, so when the condition worsens, the loose stool does not stop, do not self-medicate, as there is a high probability of complications, which will be much harder to get rid of.