Abdominal Pain, Nausea, Vomiting, Dizziness - What Is It? What To Do?

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Abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, dizziness

Nausea is associated with many diseases and various conditions of the body. Some of them pose a threat to human health, others simply worsen the quality of life. In any case, nausea is an unpleasant phenomenon, so you need to get rid of it.

There is no one-size-fits-all method for treating nausea. There are drugs that are used to treat nausea, but they act on it as a symptom without addressing the cause. By turning off the part in the brain that is responsible for the onset of nausea, a person begins to feel better. In this case, the underlying disease will continue to progress. Therefore, when nausea occurs, you need to take the right measures that will be aimed at eliminating the causes of its occurrence.

Content:

• Morning sickness without abdominal pain
• Morning sickness and upper abdominal pain
• Nausea and pain in the center of the abdomen
• Nausea and pain in the bottom / whole stomach
• How to deal with motion sickness nausea?
• How to deal with nausea after drinking?
• Nauseous after eating mushrooms
• The lower back hurts and hurts
• Nauseous with high fever
• Nausea, weakness and dizziness
• If a child is sick

Morning sickness without abdominal pain

When for a long time a person wakes up in the morning with a feeling of nausea, then he needs to see a therapist or gastroenterologist. Often this symptom indicates inflammation of the stomach lining or GERD. The examination will make it possible to exclude or confirm these diagnoses.

Causes of nausea and accompanying symptoms	Diagnostic methods	How to deal with the problem
		If nausea is very intense and difficult to cope with, you need to see a doctor. When you feel sick in the morning and during the day, and sometimes vomiting occurs, but this does not affect the woman's weight, you can use the following recommendations: You need to eat food in small portions, but often. You can use nuts as a snack. Mint lozenges or other sour candies relieve the feeling of nausea well. They should be absorbed as soon as a feeling of nausea arises. In the morning, well, breakfast can be eaten with baked pumpkin or potatoes. It is good to drink ginger tea during the day, if it is not contraindicated for a pregnant woman.

Morning sickness and upper abdominal pain

Causes and symptoms	Diagnostics	Treatment options
Duodenitis (inflammation of the duodenum). Duodenal ulcer.		Eat often, but little by little. Give up onions and garlic. Eat porridge, potatoes, soups. Dishes can only be cooked. Fatty and fried foods, carbonated drinks, alcohol, marinades are prohibited. If the nausea is severe, then you can dissolve the Mosid tablet by placing it under your tongue. After half an hour, you will need to take a portion of the food.

Nausea and pain in the center of the abdomen

There are several reasons that can lead to nausea and pain in the center of the abdomen.

1. Nausea after eating fatty foods. If nausea develops after eating foods with a high percentage of fat, then this may indicate cholecystitis. When such a diagnosis is made, hospitalization will be required. For chronic cholecystitis, outpatient treatment is possible. The overwhelming majority of patients with cholecystitis have gallstones.

   With an attack of biliary colic, a person experiences severe pain in the right side, under the ribs. They radiate to the back and neck. The person is sick and vomits. Bile is noticeable in the vomit.

   If the body temperature remains within normal limits, the pain is weak or moderate, the feces and urine have the usual color, then you can postpone calling the ambulance.

   Before contacting a doctor, a number of recommendations should be followed:

   • Take an antispasmodic, such as No-shpu or Spazmalgon.
   • Drink water.
   • Refuse the use of fatty and fried foods, from fatty meat and fish, from smoked meats, pickles, sweets.
   • You can take 1 tablet of two different drugs (to choose from): Domrid, Motilium, Rabeprazole (optionally, Pantoprazole). After half an hour, you need to eat something, despite the nausea.
   • You need to eat often, but in small amounts - 5 times a day, at least. This allows you to normalize the digestion processes, which has a positive effect on the work of the gallbladder.

   Diet and pain medications are temporary measures that can be followed until a doctor can be seen.

2. Nausea and abdominal pain after drinking alcohol, spicy and fatty foods. When the pain is localized in the left side under the ribs, or girdles the abdomen, and nausea and vomiting also join, then such symptoms may indicate developing pancreatitis.

   It is impossible to treat pancreatitis at home. To relieve pain, you can take an antispasmodic, after which you should call the medical team. In addition to the anesthetic drug, it is allowed to take Omeprazole or Rabeprazole, as well as: Cerucal, Motilium, Gastal or Fosfalugel.

   If a patient with acute pancreatitis is not delivered to a medical facility on time, he may die.

3. Nausea with or without abdominal pain that occurs when eating dairy products, pastries with cream, or eating food of questionable quality. Such symptoms most often indicate poisoning. Distinguishing it from an intestinal infection is difficult if you rely solely on the symptoms of the disease. The person develops diarrhea, nausea, vomiting. An increase in body temperature is often observed. Poisoning with food and intestinal infections (salmonellosis, dysentery, ingestion of Escherichia coli) resemble pancreatitis in their clinical manifestations. However, with intestinal infections, the stomach does not hurt, vomiting most often occurs no more than 2-3 times, and the stool is not always mushy. It may contain inclusions of mucus, blood, greens.

Coping with food poisoning is sometimes possible at home. To do this, a person needs to drink a sorbent, for example, Enterosgel or Polysorb, and also take Enterofuril or Stopdiar. An important condition for recovery is drinking plenty of water to keep you hydrated.

For food poisoning, do not take drugs to stop diarrhea, such as Loperamide or Imodium.

Nausea and pain in the bottom / whole stomach

If nausea is accompanied by painful sensations in the lower abdomen, then this may indicate developing appendicitis. In this case, painful sensations come to the fore. The pain is concentrated in the umbilical zone and below. A person does not vomit on an ongoing basis, but it may develop several episodes of vomiting, as well as loose stools.

In women, lower abdominal pain and nausea may indicate an ectopic pregnancy, inflammation of the fallopian tubes or ovaries. In this case, it is pain that will be the leading symptom of the disease.

Spilled pain in the abdomen, which is accompanied by nausea, may indicate inflammation of the abdominal cavity, intestinal obstruction, or peritonitis. In this case, the pain will grow all the time and capture more and more large areas.

You will not be able to cope with such a problem on your own. The patient is urgently hospitalized.

How to deal with motion sickness nausea?

If a person gets seasick while traveling on public transport, then the following recommendations may come to his aid:

• You need to eat before the upcoming trip, but it should take about 2 hours before it starts.
• You should not sit with your back in the direction of travel. You must sit in the same way as the driver.
• You should not look into the side windows.
• No need to lean in the direction the car is turning.
• You cannot read while driving.
• Windows must be opened periodically to allow fresh air to enter the machine. When sailing on a ship, you need to walk along the deck.
• Peppermint lozenges and breathing exercises can help cope with bouts of nausea.
• If there are no contraindications, then you need to take a Dramina or Avia-Sea pill.

When a person has already begun to vomit due to motion sickness, then you need to ask the driver to stop the vehicle and go out to breathe fresh air. During this time, you can chew on a small piece of ginger, which should be kept with you. You can shake your head from side to side.

If you cannot cope with motion sickness by conventional means, then you can visit a neurologist. Your doctor will recommend which exercises you can do to combat motion sickness and which pills you can take while traveling to feel better.

It is not recommended to buy drugs for motion sickness on your own. Each such remedy has contraindications and side effects. Therefore, it is better to consult a doctor before taking it.

How to deal with nausea after drinking?

If nausea develops after drinking alcohol, then you can use the following recommendations:

• Take a sorbing drug, for example, Activated carbon, Enterosgel, Polysorb, Atoxil, etc.
• You need to drink water.
• It is imperative to replenish the body's reserves with vitamin C. For this purpose, you can take 500 mg of Ascorbic acid, as well as drink rosehip decoction, tea with lemon. Eating grapefruit or orange is a good way to cope with nausea.
• An hour after taking a portion of vitamin C, you need to drink a sorbing drug.
• You need to rest as much as possible and drink water. It is imperative to ensure that it is excreted in sufficient quantities in the urine. Excessive accumulation of fluid in the body increases the load on the heart, which in this state can be dangerous.
• You should not drink a lot of mineral water with gas. Gas will fill your stomach, which will make you feel sick.
• It is necessary to take a sorbing drug 4 times a day.

A bath or shower allows you to relax and improve your well-being. Water has a beneficial effect on the body as a whole.

Nauseous after eating mushrooms

If nausea develops after eating mushrooms, then self-medication can be life-threatening. In this case, you need to take any sorbent and call an ambulance.

The lower back hurts and hurts

If nausea is accompanied by painful sensations in the lumbar region, then this may indicate renal colic. In this case, the ureter is compressed by a stone or tumor. The pain is very strong, radiates to the thigh, to the groin area. The person is sick and vomits.

First you need to take No-shpa (Baralgin, Spazmalgon) together with Diclofenac or Ibuprofen. A warm heating pad is applied to the lower back and a medical team is called at home. It is impossible to hesitate in seeking medical help, since the kidney, which suffers from a lack of nutrition, may die.

Nauseous with high fever

Any infectious disease can be accompanied by nausea and a hyperthermic reaction of the body. This includes sore throat, intestinal infection, flu, etc.

It is possible to suspect pyelonephritis or pneumonia if a person is nauseous, but does not cry, and the body temperature rises to significant levels. To determine the cause of this condition and start treatment, you need to see a doctor.

Nausea, weakness and dizziness

Conditions that can lead to nausea and malaise:

• Anemia. When the level of hemoglobin in the blood drops, a person experiences weakness, gets tired quickly, and his skin becomes pale. Seizures appear in the corners of the mouth. It is possible to cope with the problem only if the cause of the drop in the level of hemoglobin in the blood is eliminated. The patient must be prescribed iron preparations.
• Drop in blood sugar. People with diabetes mellitus most often suffer from this problem. Often this situation occurs after the introduction of insulin and skipping the next meal. To cope with the problem, you can if you drink sweet tea, eat candy or a spoonful of honey.
• Drop in blood pressure. In addition to nausea, a person will be disturbed by dizziness, as well as increased weakness. To increase blood pressure, you need to drink a sweet tea of strong brew or a glass of coffee. If the pressure continues to decrease, you need to seek medical attention.
• Exhaustion of the body. If a person adheres to a strict diet, or limits himself to food, then he develops weakness, begins to vomit, and his performance deteriorates. Elimination of errors in the power supply allows you to cope with the problem.

Conditions that can lead to headaches and nausea:

• Migraine. In this case, the person will have a headache on one side. Nausea is not accompanied by vomiting, fever, impaired coordination of movements and speech. In order to reduce the symptoms of migraine, you need to take Nomigren. Only a doctor can prescribe drugs for the treatment of a disease, after he has ruled out a stroke as the cause of a headache.
• Meningitis. With this disease, a person's body temperature rises, his head hurts badly, his eyes are watery. If meningitis is suspected, seek immediate medical attention. The patient is urgently hospitalized, as there is a threat to his life.
• Hypertension. With an increase in blood pressure, the head hurts in the back of the head, flies begin to fly before the eyes. In this case, it is necessary to take an antihypertensive drug, for example, Kaptopress, as well as No-shpu or Spazmalgon. If the pressure exceeds the mark on the tonometer 160/100, then you need to call a medical team, as this threatens with a stroke.
• Stroke. In addition to nausea, a person suffers from a severe headache, his speech is impaired, the sensitivity of the limbs worsens, and coordination of movements suffers. The person should be hospitalized immediately. The sooner the victim receives medical attention, the higher the chances of survival.
• Transient ischemic attack. It is a violation of cerebral circulation. Such a spasm can go away without health consequences, or it can lead to a stroke.
• Encephalitis. With this disease, a person is very nauseous, vomiting may open. Body temperature rises to high levels, speech suffers, coordination of movements is impaired.
• A brain tumor. Body temperature most often remains within normal limits, but speech, swallowing, and coordination of movements suffer. The patient needs qualified medical care. Self-medication is unacceptable.

It is impossible to cope with such diseases as Meniere's disease, labyrinth, osteosclerosis and neuritis of the vestibular nerve on your own. All of them are accompanied by nausea and dizziness.

If a child is sick

Algorithm of actions for parents who are faced with nausea in a child:

• You need to calm the child down.
• Until he stops vomiting, you cannot leave him alone. The younger the child, the higher the likelihood that he can choke on vomit. Therefore, an adult should always be nearby.
• Vomiting should not be stopped until the exact cause of its occurrence has been established. You can not offer a child pills for nausea, which are used to treat adults. It is forbidden to force the child to eat, for 2 hours after vomiting, he must be given water and sweetened tea. You can add chamomile or mint to the drink.
• If the parents understand that vomiting is caused by poisoning, then the child can be given Smecta, Polysorb or Atoxil. Under the age of one year, these drugs are contraindicated in children.

There are situations in which you need to immediately call a doctor at home:

• The child is sick for more than 2 hours.
• The child becomes more lethargic.
• The vomit contains greens or blood.
• The child vomits with a "fountain".
• The smell of acetone comes from the baby's mouth.
• The child complains of abdominal pain, headache. His head is spinning.
• The body temperature rises.
• The child develops diarrhea.
• The child ate mushrooms before the onset of nausea and vomiting.

The author of the article: Gorshenina Elena Ivanovna | Gastroenterologist

Education: Diploma in the specialty "General Medicine" received at the Russian State Medical University named after N. I. Pirogova (2005). Postgraduate studies in the specialty "Gastroenterology" - educational and scientific medical center.