Why hurt his right side, and what to do
Educational Program Health / / December 19, 2019
Any pain in his right side - a reason to visit the doctor too many serious diseases can be associated with it. During the attack to guess the source of the pain can be at the location of bodies. But the exact reason you yourself do not know: sometimes hurts in one place and gives the other.
faith Seryozhin
Senior physician, medical expert laboratory personalized medicine "LabKvest".
Only a doctor can determine what caused the pain in his right side. There are gall bladder, pancreas, ascending colon department liver. So check in any case it is necessary, even if you think that nothing serious you do not.
When to call an ambulance
Seek immediate medical attention if felt a sudden and very severe pain. Do not wait for the other dangerous symptoms, in some cases it can result in death.
Also call for an ambulance if the pain is not strong, but there are these signsCauses of Pain in the Right Side:
- fever;
- Blood appeared in the stool;
- the pain increases;
- you feel sick or breaks.
Why sore right side
1. Appendicitis
So called inflammationAppendicitis appendix - a small ridge of the colon. The first sign of appendicitis - a dull pain around the navel or in the upper abdomen, which descends along the right-side surface becomes acute.
The pain may be accompanied by loss of appetite and increase in body temperature to 37-39 ° C, nausea and vomiting, bloating.
What to do
There needs emergency medical care and surgery. Therefore, immediately go to the hospital the surgeon or call an ambulance.
You cut out the appendix will most likely laparoscopically - through small incisions in the abdominal wall.
Anna Jurkiewicz
Gastroenterologist. Author blog about nutrition and health of the digestive system.
Scientists have no conclusive evidence of the negative impact of appendectomies (appendix removal) on human health. Far worse not to have surgery because the appendix may burst. Then begin peritonitis - inflammation of the tissue that covers most of the abdominal organs.
2. Gallstones
When the gall bladder stones there, we can feel a sudden and rapidly evolving pain in the upper right part of the abdomen, under the breasts, in the back between the shoulder blades, and even in his right shoulder. And more may begin nausea or vomiting.
Duration of pain varies from a few minutes to several hours.
What to do
When these symptoms should either be sent immediately to the therapist or to call an ambulance. Stones can causeGallstones inflammation of the gallbladder - cholecystitis, blockage of the pancreatic duct, and, as a consequence, pancreatitis.
Anna JurkiewiczFrequent bouts of colic - an indication for removal of the gallbladder. This operation is called cholecystectomy. Typically, it is performed through small incisions in the abdominal wall.
In the early stages when more stones are small, you may be given medicine to their dissolution.
3. Stones in the kidneys
They cause a sudden excruciating pain in the lower abdomen and side, but more often from the back. It is strengthened, then weakened.
What to do
Deal with the problem will nephrologist, so just go for it. From small stones, he will prescribe you medication.
When severe pain and large kidney stones may requireKidney stones hospitalization and surgery.
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4. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
Gathering in the intestine gases stretched his wall and cause pain in different parts of the abdomen, including in his right side.
Usually nothing serious about it. But it is a chronicIrritable bowel syndrome disease, which means that it will then disappear, then appear again.
What to do
To relieve the symptoms need to drink prebioticsPossibly laxatives or antibiotics. They must appoint a gastroenterologist.
5. Inflammatory bowel disease
The most common - Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
If the gut is inflamed, you will feel pain, cramps and swelling in the abdomen. Other symptoms - bloody diarrhea, weight loss and weakness.
The causes of inflammation are not exactly known, but experts suggestInflammatory bowel diseaseIt is genetics and immune system problems.
What to do
Visit gastroenterologist. For the diagnosis, he will direct you to the analysis of stool or a colonoscopy. And as a treatment prescribe something from this list: aminosalicylates or mesalazine, antibiotics, immunosuppressive biologics.
6. Constipation
If you are unable to go to the toilet, you feel discomfort and heaviness in the stomach, this is constipation.
What to do
Here help laxative. At constant constipation, consult with a physician or a gastroenterologist.
7. Duodenal ulcer
Ulcer - a profound defect in the mucosa. In most cases, it occurs when the duodenum fallsDuodenal Ulcer: Symptoms and Treatment the bacterium Helicobacter pylori. In addition to pain in his right side, there may be bloating, feeling of heaviness, heartburn, belching, nausea.
What to do
First diagnose an ulcer. As soon as possible, refer to a gastroenterologist, so he spent esophagogastroduodenoscopy - inspection colon walls. In people it is called "swallow the probe."
In most cases, treatment includes only medication, surgery is rarely needed.
8. periods
Drawing pain may be felt in the right side of the bottom before menstruation and during them. This is usually not dangerous, but very unpleasant.
What to do
Suffer or have a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. If the pain is very strong, need to be examined by a gynecologist. He will write you a hormonal oral contraceptives or strong painkillers.
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9. Ovarian cyst
Twisting or gap causes cystsovarian cyst pelvic pain - from dull and moderate to severe and sudden. Specific symptoms - pain during sex, and heavy irregular periods, frequent urination.
What to do
The cyst may be malignant or benign. In the first case will have to spendovarian Cyst operation and to remove formation. In the second - observed at the gynecologist. If the cyst will resolve on its own, the doctor will not prescribe treatment.
10. urinary tract infection
Bacterial inflammation can cause a burning sensation during urination time, cramps and pain in the lower abdomen.
What to do
Do not try to let the disease take its course. If you do not treat the infection, it can causeUrinary Tract Infection: Bladder Infection irreversible damage to the bladder and kidneys. As soon feel the symptoms described above, go to a nephrologist or urologist. You will be assigned antibiotics to reduce inflammation.
11. Ectopic pregnancy
So called pathology, in which fertilization occursEctopic Pregnancy not in the uterus, and fallopian tube, uterine cervix, ovary or elsewhere in the abdomen.
The fruit grows, it becomes crowded, it puts pressure on the wall of the body, to which attached, and can break it. This causes a sharp or stinging pain and internal bleeding.
What to do
If you do not seek medical help immediately, you can die. There are no options - call an ambulance.
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12. liver disease
In the liver itself no pain receptors. Therefore pain can occur only in severe cases, when the body is greatly increased in size, and its capsule is stretched.
liver disease may be either congenital or acquired is. past dueLiver disease exposure to harmful factors on the organism. For example, viruses, alcohol, obesity.
What to do
Anna Jurkiewicz said that the increase in body can be detected by palpation (when the doctor probes the stomach of the patient), or during the ultrasound of the abdomen. So the first thing to go for a visit to the therapist. And in order to make an accurate diagnosis, the doctor will prescribe a blood chemistry.
To get rid of the discomfort, it is necessary to treat the underlying disease that the doctor diagnosed after the inspection and delivery of analyzes.
13. pulmonary disease
If you feel pain in the side when breathing or coughing, it is necessary to exclude a pathology of the lungs. For example, complications pneumonia, Pleurisy, a tumor.
What to do
Do not leave without attention to the pain. Let you listen to the therapist and, if necessary, to send on a chest radiograph.
14. Damage to muscles or ribs
If pain is severe, you could just pull a muscle or get hurt. Less likely, but possible, that you have myositis - inflammationmyositis muscle tissue. Cause unbearable pain can be broken ribs.
What to do
If you know exactly what you have pulled a muscle or hurt yourself, try to relax more and apply cold to the faulty place. At the turn immediately call an ambulance and do not move. If you do not know what caused the pain, go to the therapist: what is inflammation.
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