Girdle pain in the abdomen in women: possible causes, girdle pain around the abdomen and back

Every person has experienced pain in the abdomen at least once. Fatigue, stress, heavy lifting, an overly dense dinner can lead to this state. Then you know what to do: you need to lie down and rest, drink a medicine that stimulates digestion or pain reliever. But what to do if there is a girdle pain in the abdomen, that is, it spreads in a circle, radiates to the sides and back?

Relaxation will no longer help such symptoms; there is cause for concern. Girdle pain in the abdomen can be a sign of many diseases and problems, ranging from poisoning or indigestion, ending with inflammation of the appendix, parasite infestation, gastrointestinal diseases and other serious ailments. We will figure out when you need to immediately go to the doctor, and when you can solve the situation on your own.

Why can there be girdle pain in the abdomen?

Why is there girdle pain around the abdomen?

Two types of painful sensations can be distinguished, which are most common specifically for the abdominal region, epigastrium.

Somatic pain syndrome.

Such a painful attack manifests itself when irritation, an inflammatory or pathological process occurs in the abdominal cavity, reaching the spinal center. Somatic seizures are acute, stabbing in nature, their localization is precise and specific.

Visceral pain syndrome.

This type of pain is characterized by colic and appears if the nerve nodes and fibers of organs are irritated (for example, due to stretching of the stomach wall, spasm, or blunt trauma). It is the visceral pains that give off, flow into neighboring organs, are characterized by patients as "spreading, encircling."

Accordingly, when it comes to complaints of pain, which is located, like a belt, on the abdomen, lower back, sides, it is the visceral syndrome that takes place. What causes it?

One of the main factors causing colic is unhealthy food or food that is uncomfortable for the stomach. So, excessively hot or ice-cold foods and drinks, salty, smoked or spicy foods, alcohol-containing drinks, provoke pain around the abdomen. This is the most harmless reason for the occurrence of visceral pain syndrome.

The list of diseases that can give such a symptom as pain surrounding the abdomen is extensive. These diseases include:

1. Food infections, intoxication of the body.
2. Inflammation in the peritoneum, damage to its walls.
3. Disorders in the kidneys, urinary system.
4. Vascular diseases, impaired blood circulation in the abdominal cavity.
5. Injury and inflammation of the vertebral discs.
6. Rheumatism, problems with connective supporting tissue.
7. Pathologies and disorders of the nervous system.
8. Infectious diseases (mainly in children).
9. Hemorrhagic vasculitis.
10. Thrombophlebic splenomegaly.

Now we will consider these symptoms in relation to their localization. Despite the fact that girdle pain is related to the entire abdomen, as the name suggests, this pain syndrome has its highest point. It is difficult to diagnose any disease based on the description "the whole stomach hurts." As a rule, in the location of the unhealthy organ, the pain has the greatest strength, it primarily appears there.

Table 1. How localizations of girdle pain indicate a problem

Localization	Problem
In the projection of the stomach, can give to the sides, worse after drinking alcohol	Often this is a symptom of pancreatitis, diseases of the esophagus, duodenum or small intestine, pyelonephritis. Less often, this nature of pain indicates heart attacks and pneumonia. Then the "belt" of pain passes a little differently - along the abdomen and up, in the area of ​​the sternum and shoulder blades.
In the iliac region	If the pain is localized to the left, arises from this side, the problem may lie in the pathology of the sigmoid colon. If the location of the pain is on the right side of the abdomen, this is typical for inflammation of the appendix or inflammation of the caecum.
In the lower abdomen, above the pubis	For men, this pain is a characteristic sign of inflammation or other problem in the genitourinary system. In women, in addition to the same reason, the pain surrounding the lower abdomen speaks of malfunctions in the reproductive system, is a symptom of endometriosis, ectopic pregnancy, and diseases of the pelvic organs.
In the navel area, with the transition to the lower abdomen, groin, lower back	Often, this course of pain is characteristic of renal colic, stones in the genitourinary system.
In the upper right side of the abdomen	He talks about pathologies in the biliary tract, liver, possible movement or pinching of stones in the gallbladder.
The stomach hurts in the upper left part, gives under the ribs, morning girdle pain	It is considered one of the hallmarks of pancreatic cancer, especially in older men.
Wandering girdle pains of the whole abdomen without special localization, worsening of the syndrome at night	May be a sign of abscess, tumors, liver cirrhosis, hepatitis.

In any case, girdle abdominal pain that does not go away within a few minutes and recurs more often than once or twice a day is a reason to urgently go to the hospital. You can waste valuable time trying to figure out for yourself what is causing the pain. Another danger is that in case of discomfort and pain in the abdomen, many take antispasmodics or analgesics, "drowning" the symptoms and blurring the clinical picture.

You can take pills only if the person is firmly convinced of the reasons that caused the pain. Perhaps the only such situation is menstrual pain in women. This process is often characterized by rather severe girdle pain, and pain relievers can be used during the first days.

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What to do with girdle pain?

When the pain first occurs, the person has time to consider the cause of the trouble. The first thing to do is to give up any physical activity. You should take a comfortable relaxed position while sitting or lying down, analyze the sensations. For example, with inflammation of the appendix, it is difficult to lie directly on your back, since the pain subsides in the fetal position when the person lies on their side and pulls both or one leg to the chest.

For detailed symptoms of inflammation of the appendix, see our article.

It is definitely worth remembering under what circumstances the pain arose, where it is localized, under what actions it intensifies or subsides. These data will need to be reported to the doctor if there is a need for his help. How to understand that urgent medical attention is needed?

If the pain continues to grow, other symptoms are added to it: weakness, fever and sweating, shortness of breath, cramps, shortness of breath, mental loss - this is a reason to immediately call Ambulance. If a person feels worse and worse, and there were no prerequisites for this (sharp pain syndrome against the background of complete health), every minute of delay can be fatal.

If a person understands why the pain syndrome occurred (chronic or untreated diseases in history, trauma, physical activity the day before), you can go to the doctor yourself - on the same or on the next day. It is also worth paying a visit to a gastroenterologist in the case when the reason for the appearance of pain is unknown, but the discomfort can be tolerated, and within an hour the pain goes away.

In the hospital, you will need to pass tests (first of all, general and blood biochemistry), undergo an ultrasound procedure, endoscopic examination. Depending on the accompanying pain symptoms or their absence, the doctor will prescribe a comprehensive examination or specific methods diagnostics, such as colonoscopy, markers of hepatitis, examination of the gastrointestinal tract with X-ray, analysis for antibodies to Helcobacterium and like that. Based on the data obtained, doctors will be able to diagnose and prescribe a treatment regimen.

An important point! Frightened by pains around the abdomen, people disciplinedly go to the hospital, but as soon as discomfort passes, patients often ignore the need to undergo tests, take the necessary medications, follow a diet. It is dangerous to do so. The pain can return at any time and lead to dangerous complications. Therefore, it is necessary to strictly follow the doctor's recommendations and do everything possible for the speedy normalization of well-being.

What not to do with pain syndrome

Above, we stipulated that for pain in the abdomen, it is forbidden to take painkillers, especially strong ones or in an exceeded dose. The painful area will no longer be able to give signals, and so you can "sleep through" the trouble. Very often with appendicitis or peritonitis, patients endure to the last, drowning out the pain with pills. The consequences, as one can understand, are dire.

It is also forbidden to put a heating pad on the stomach, go to the hot bath. If pain is a symptom of internal bleeding, swelling, pancreatitis or cholcystitis, heat will accelerate tissue necrosis and the development of destructive and purulent processes.

When the stomach hurts, you need to refuse to eat and drink, except for clean water at room temperature. Girdle pain also excludes the use of laxatives, an enema. If the pain syndrome is very strong and an ambulance team is already traveling to the patient, it is forbidden to leave the person alone. When trying to roll over or get up, the patient may fall and be seriously injured, and if he loses consciousness - die of suffocation in his own bed, and if he vomits, the masses can enter the lungs and also cause asphyxia.

An important point! In no case should you try to overcome pain with an effort of will. In medical circles, there is even such a concept - "endure peritonitis." The point is that people are able to endure severe pain due to embarrassment or fear of medical intervention. With a serious diagnosis, a meeting with a doctor is inevitable, so you should not postpone it with a whole lot of dangerous complications.

How to prevent girdle abdominal pain?

Any ailment is easier to prevent than to experience excruciating pain and waste resources on treatment, which can be protracted and costly. If a person's health is in order, you need to protect it with all your might, vigilantly observing preventive measures. These include the following rules:

1. Hygiene skills, concerning both the person and the space around him (wash hands regularly, clean, monitor clean food to reduce the likelihood of diseases and gastrointestinal disorders, including infectious character).
2. Physical activity (hiking, a subscription to the pool are great ways to calm the nerves, strengthen muscle corset and posture, reducing the load and pressure on internal organs, including the abdominal cavity).
3. Normalization of the emotional state (stress undermines the immune system, triggers the mechanism of sleep disturbance and general performance, can cause spasms and pain).
4. Healthy balanced diet (the most important point for those who always want to see themselves cheerful and cheerful).

Nutrition for the prevention of gastrointestinal problems

Of course, given a specific diagnosis, a specific type of diet is recommended to the patient. So, with gastritis, dietary table No. 2 is shown, with pancreatitis and cholcystitis - No. 5 P. But there are also preventive measures that should be taken in relation to the menu so as not to burden the organs of the digestive tract and not to provoke a lot of unpleasant diseases.

These measures are very simple and are known to many from childhood, but, unfortunately, people begin to take them seriously when they go from preventive to forced. We remind you: in the name of health, it is worth giving up harmful products and "food waste". These include fast food, sweets in large quantities, salty, fatty, spicy and fried foods, unhealthy snacks (chips, sandwiches, and the like).

When composing the menu, the emphasis should be on lean meat and fish, fresh vegetables, cereals, and dairy products. A drinking regime is mandatory - an adult must receive at least one and a half liters of clean water per day. After suffering diseases, it is worth taking care of the immunity and intestinal microflora by discussing with your doctor about vitamins and probiotics.

Summing up

Unfortunately, the girdle pain in the abdominal region, for which there were no preconditions the day before, rarely goes away by itself. This is a symptom of a malfunction in the body, and these malfunctions can be very serious. In this case, there is only one solution - prompt diagnosis and detection of the disease or malfunction in the body that caused the pain syndrome. Don't postpone your health for later! Get treatment on time!