What causes stomach pain and vomiting?

The stomach is the part of the human body that stores and digests food, but some incorrect eating habits and irregular eating times can cause stomach problems. Especially for some white-collar workers and students, who are affected by work and study and often cannot eat well, which leads to stomach problems. Gastric disease not only requires drug intervention treatment, but diet therapy in daily life is more important. Therefore, when you experience stomach pain and dry vomiting, you should consider the possibility of having a stomach disease.

1. What to do if you have stomach pain, nausea and retching

1. Try to spit it out first

When you find yourself having stomach pain and want to vomit, try to vomit it out on your own. If you can't vomit it out, you can use chopsticks or a spoon to press down on the root of your tongue to induce vomiting. The pain will get better after vomiting.

2. Observe the characteristics of vomitus

After vomiting, you should observe the nature of the vomit, whether it is food residue or gastric juice, what it smells like, what kind of sour and rotten smell the vomit has after the stomach is caught in a cold, how much is vomited, whether it contains blood, etc.

3. Keep your stomach warm

If the vomitus is some food residue or gastric juice without other characteristics, you can keep the stomach warm at this time. Using a hot water bottle to warm the stomach can effectively relieve the pain.

4. Don’t take painkillers blindly

When you have stomach pain for the first time, do not blindly use painkillers to relieve the pain. After taking painkillers, they will mask some symptoms while relieving pain.

5. Pay attention to food hygiene

Pay attention to food hygiene when eating. Do not eat unclean or spoiled food, and do not eat raw, cold, hard or irritating food. Pay attention to protecting your stomach and let it work normally instead of protesting and making you uncomfortable.

6. Go to the hospital promptly

If the amount of vomiting is large and the stomach pain symptoms have not been relieved after taking the above measures, you need to go to a qualified hospital for diagnosis and treatment in time and don't delay.

Precautions

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2. What is nausea and retching?

1. Acute gastroenteritis: Vomiting accompanied by dizziness, tremors, and imbalance, which are common in vestibular organ diseases, such as inner ear vertigo and cerebral ischemia. Nausea and vomiting, accompanied by severe eye pain, headache, significant redness and congestion of the eyes, and dilated pupils, should alert you to glaucoma. Nausea and vomiting occur after eating, and are often accompanied by abdominal pain and diarrhea. This is common in acute gastroenteritis, acute appendicitis, acute bacillary dysentery and amoebic dysentery.

2. Acute gastric dilatation: The vomitus has a sour and smelly smell and contains food from the previous day, which is seen in pyloric obstruction. Vomiting immediately after eating without a sour taste is mostly caused by esophageal obstruction. The vomitus is yellow-green bile, which may be due to duodenal obstruction. Vomitus contains dried stool, which is seen in the intestines

In the late stage of obstruction, there is a fecal odor, which is seen in small intestinal obstruction. The vomitus is dark black liquid, which is seen in acute gastric dilatation.

3. Intestinal obstruction: Vomiting without effort, vomiting after eating, and not a large amount of vomit. It is often caused by smelling unpleasant odors or seeing disgusting food. It belongs to the category of neurosis. Vomiting is in the form of projections and is common in patients with increased intracranial pressure such as encephalitis and meningitis. Vomiting occurs when the mouth is full, which is common in intestinal obstruction.

3. How to deal with stomach pain, nausea and retching

Nausea and vomiting are common physical complaints. Nausea is a feeling of nausea and vomiting, which can be caused by many factors: bacterial or viral gastroenteritis, motion sickness, overeating and exposure to strong odors, headaches, gallstones, pregnancy, radiation therapy, anesthesia, fear and anxiety.

Nausea often leads to vomiting, but it does not necessarily occur. Vomiting is the forceful expulsion of stomach contents through the mouth. Vomiting increases the risk of dehydration. Nausea and vomiting caused by gastroenteritis are often accompanied by diarrhea, abdominal cramps, bloating, and fever.

Self-mitigation strategies

If the nausea and vomiting is caused by a viral infection, it may last from a few hours to two or three days.

1. Fast and stop drinking water for several hours to give your stomach a rest.

2. Try drinking ice cubes or sipping light tea, clear soup, or diluted sports drinks in small amounts and multiple times to prevent dehydration.

3. Start trying low-fiber foods, such as soda crackers, jelly, white steamed buns, steamed eggs, rice, etc. If vomiting occurs again, fasting is required again.

4. Avoid dairy products, caffeine, alcohol, and greasy or heavy-tasting foods within a few days after vomiting.

If you vomit after drinking anything within 24 hours, vomit continuously for two or three days, vomit blood or coffee-colored vomit, or have symptoms of dehydration such as extreme thirst, dry mouth, little or no urine, weakness and dizziness, it is recommended to seek medical attention. Because it could be a warning sign of a serious illness, such as concussion, gallbladder disease, ulcers, intestinal blockage, or meningitis.

In the above article, we introduced a common symptom, which is stomach pain, nausea and vomiting. We know that stomach pain, nausea and vomiting bring us a lot of trouble. Above, we introduced in detail what to do if you have stomach pain, nausea and vomiting.