Abdominal pain is very common in adults yet not always so serious but sometimes self-diagnosis and attention to such pains are necessary and cannot be ignored.
So, firstly the most emerging question is what are these pain and how to know that they are abdominal pain, what are the locations?
Abdominal pain is commonly known as stomach pains. It starts from below the ribs and can travel to pelvis. Abdomen consists of stomach, liver, pancreas, bowels and reproductive organs.
How to know is it serious or need no attention?
Some pains could be gastric, due to over eating, menstrual cycles in female and certain infections, which goes away itself and need nothing to do in it.
But, how to know as if its alarming pains?
Check out few facts to know about serious abdominal pains:
If excessive pain that lasts for many hours including vomiting, breathing difficulties, bleeding stools, unable to pass urine accompanied with fever and shivering. This condition needs urgent medical attention.
When occurs around and above the umbilicus and spreads towards right side of shoulder and back may indicate gallstones pain.
Kidney stones pain can radiates towards both side either left or right and can radiates towards back from front of abdomen.
Appendicitis pain starts from mild dull pain to sharp aching pain from navel to right side of abdomen.
Menstrual pain could be normal but matter of concern if its severe and sharp that may indicate endometriosis and pelvic inflammatory disease.
Upper right side of abdominal pain indicates towards fatty liver pain.
Pancreatitis pain that travels from upper abdomen towards back and chest, it aggravates after eating.