Abdominal pain causes

What is abdominal pain?

It is an unusual feeling of discomfort arising from the impairment of an organ, its part, muscle, nerve , blood vessel or any discomfort arising from an abnormal growth of cells any where in the abdominal cavity. There are many types of abdominal pain causes and to understand, we need to know about them.

Types of abdominal pain

Depending upon the cause, origin, location, severity, impacts and many other factors, the abdominal pain may be classified into the following

Acute abdominal pain: is the pain inflicted due to a recent injury or impairment of an organ. It is a blessing in disguise and guides us about the suitable corrective and preventive measures. For example ,it guides to keep our limbs, essentially  in a specific  posture in case of a fracture, so allowing us to keep the fractured skeletal parts in correct alignment even though, we may not have the least idea of the skeletal system.

Chronic Abdominal Pain: is a type of pain that had been caused by some injury or impairment of one or more organs, muscles, nerves or abnormal cells and which lingers on and has not ceased  even after some treatment.

Acquired Abdominal Pain is the pain in abdomen caused by the impairment of or under influence of one or more organs not located in the abdominal cavity.

Referred abdominal pain This type of abdominal pain has its origin in abdominal organs, but impacts the organs, not located in the abdominal cavity.

Other abdominal Pains; may be fatigue due to overuse of muscles, neuropathic when nerve endings get inflamed or cause pain in extremities, Vascular ;when on account of elevated blood pressure or general when caused by an injury or a wound.

Abdominal pain causes

• Over use of muscles through laborious work or strenuous work up or a muscular injury in the abdominal cavity may cause pain in it.
•  Psychopathic causes like fear of exam, a presentation in public, or a bad news may trigger and inflict abdominal pain, mostly in the gastro intestinal tract.
• Presence of an extraneous matter or a physical, chemical or biological hazard may also cause abdominal pain. Examples are Gall bladder stone, indeliberate or accidental swallowing of metal or stone.
• Pressure exerted by the presence of gas, swelling of an organ or development of a benign or malignant tumor also causes pain in abdomen.
• Pathogenic infections are major causes of the abdominal pain. They cause gastro intestinal diseases like infectious colitis, haemorregic dysentery and many infections of Gastro intestinal tract, mostly by E.Coli or other members of enterobacteriacea, food poisoning by commensals like  Staphylococcus aureus; the golden staph .
• Malignancy or cancer is very painful if the tumor develops in any organ, contained in the abdominal cavity and if remains untreated for some time, allowing the cancerous cells invade the surrounding cells or enter lymph nodes, blood vessles, muscular tissues or spread in other body parts.

       Pain is a manageable symptom of diseases.