Definition of Stomach Pain
Abdominal pain is pain felt in the abdomen. The abdomen is an anatomical area bounded above by the lower limit of the ribs and diaphragm, under the pelvic bone (pubic ramus), and every side by the hip-hip. Although abdominal pain can come from tissue surrounding the abdominal wall of the abdominal cavity (such as skin and muscles of the abdominal wall), the term abdominal pain generally is used to describe pain originating from organs within the abdominal cavity. Organs of the abdomen including the stomach, small intestine, large intestine (colon), liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
Occasionally, pain may be felt in the abdomen even though it comes from organs adjacent to, but not within, the abdominal cavity. For example, the conditions of the lungs bottom, kidneys, and the content or ovarian-ovarian (ovaries, ovaries) can cause abdominal pain. On the other hand, it is also possible for the pain from organs in the abdomen outside the stomach feeling. For example, pain from inflammation of the pancreas may be felt in the back (spine). These types of pain recently called "the dirujukan" because the pain does not come from the location where he felt. Presumably, the cause of pain is located far from where he felt.
Causes of Stomach Pain
Stomachache disebabka by inflammation (eg, appendicitis or appendicitis, diverticulitis, colitis), by stretching or manipulation of an organ (eg, obstacles / barriers of the intestine, obstruction of vessels / bile duct by gall stones, inflammation of the liver with hepatitis), or by loss of blood supply to an organ (eg, ischemic colitis).
To make things become complicated, however, abdominal pain can also occur without inflammation, the manipulation or loss of blood supply. An important example of the latter type of pain is irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). It is not clear what causes abdominal pain in IBS, but it is believed caused by abnormal contractions of intestinal muscles (eg, cramping or spasm) or nerves in the gut that are abnormally sensitive to sensations caused painful inadequate (visceral hyper-sensitivity). Types of recent illness often referred to as functional illness because there are no causes obvious illness has been found - at least not now.