An unpleasant pulling, pinching or grimacing in the stomach, often associated with mild nausea and annoying digestive disorders. Who does not know that?
When it storms and snows outside, we simply long more often for sumptuous meals, perhaps for roast pork and dumplings in gravy. This culinary combination often compensates for the gloomy mood when the days are short and the weather is so cloudy that even the usual digestive walk is omitted. The production of bile in the liver and the production of enzymes in the pancreas seem to be in competition – and sometimes it is a truly rocky road to properly break down the abundant supply that the stomach sends.
Usually after a few hours the penance for gluttony is done, and the self-healing powers of our tortured digestive system bring well-being back into our existence.
However, if these complaints persist for a long time or even increase in intensity, an alarm level has been reached. Repeated nausea or vomiting, blood in the stool, bloated stomach that also feels hard, or shortness of breath should be brought to the doctor quickly.
From gastritis to gallstones, from pancreatitis to intestinal obstruction to tumor disease and a heart attack, there can be a multitude of causes. A quick medical diagnosis, which fortunately in our country is possible even on public holidays, can help avoid worse consequences. If, after your question, I also venture to hope that there is no worse cause behind it, I recommend that you have your symptoms clarified by a doctor. Then you have security.
Do you have any questions about health?
Write OÖN doctor Johannes Neuhofer (dermatologist), who is in charge of this column with a team of doctors: Clemens Steinwender (cardiologist), Reinhold Függer (surgeon), Rainer Schöfl (gastroenterologist), Josef Hochreiter (orthopedist), Werner Schöny (psychiatrist).
E-mail: doktor@nachrichten.at
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