Stomach Pain And Vomiting

It’s not unusual to experience stomach pain and vomiting once in a while. In most cases the condition won’t be life threatening, so you have nothing to worry about. However, if the pain becomes severe and if the vomiting continues for a long period of time, it would be best for you to visit your physician.

Nowadays you often see people posting question on the internet about minor health problems like stomach pain and vomiting. Searching for answers for health problems on the internet is not a good idea because many people who answer those questions don’t have an adequate understanding of medicine. Even if it is answered by medical professionals, remember that they cannot get a good understanding of your condition through a brief message on the internet. You must understand that stomach pain and vomiting is not a disease; it’s a symptom of a disease and the disease could be a very severe one. Don’t hesitate to get professional medical help when necessary.

Young children might experience stomach pain and vomiting every once in a while. Children often tend to eat/drink unhygienic things when their parents are not watching over them. You don’t have to get overly worried because sometimes the child might be lying in order not to go to school. However, stomach pain and vomiting that persist for more than a day is not a good omen. Get your child to a physician in such a case.

Stomach pain and vomiting could be alarming at a time of pregnancy. Many women who experience this situation start worrying about the safety of the unborn baby. Diarrhea hardly ever affects the baby. However constant diarrhea could cause dehydration which would endanger both the mother and the baby. Such a case of stomach pain and vomiting should be brought to the attention of at least a general physician.

It is hard to diagnose the condition just because one is suffering from stomach pain which leads to vomiting. Appendicitis, food poisoning, viral gastroenteritis, food allergies, bacterial gastroenteritis, cholecystitis and gallstones are just a few conditions that could bring about stomach pain and vomiting. The patient should observe any other symptoms in order to give the physician a better idea of his/her condition. Generally, the stomach pain might reduces after the patient vomits but this is not always so. Sometimes alcohol could cause stomach pain and vomiting so list all the things that you ate and drank before visiting your family physician.

Some people might experience fever and some could even get a rash in this kind of a situation. Don’t panic and make matters worse and don’t try homemade medications that you are not hundred percent sure of. Some such medications could even intensify stomach pain and vomiting. Those who continuously throw up everything they eat could drink small amounts of carbonated soda. However, it might be best to first take advice from your physician.