Pain On The Left Side Of The Body: What it could mean?
What Is Abdominal Pain?
Abdominal pain refers to discomfort/uncomfortable sensations that you feel in your belly area. Just about everybody, at one time or another, will get a bellyache.
Most causes of abdominal pain aren’t reasons to worry, and your doctor can easily diagnose and treat the problem. But sometimes, it can figure out a serious illness that needs medical attention.
Abdominal Pain on Left Side
Pain in your upper left abdomen has many possible causes, including:
- Inflammation of your pancreas, called pancreatitis
- Pancreatic cancer
- Enlarged spleen, called splenomegaly
- Inflammation of your stomach lining, called gastritis
Pain in this part of your abdomen can also start in your chest because of:
- Heartburn
- Angina, or chest pain caused by coronary artery disease
- Chest pain not related to your heart
- Heart attack
- Inflammation of the tissue that surrounds your heart, called pericarditis
- Pneumonia
- Inflammation of the lining of your lungs, called pleurisy
- Pulmonary embolism
Abdominal Pain on Right Side
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If you have pain in your lower right abdomen, it could mean trouble with your appendix, such as appendicitis or, rarely, appendix cancer.
You have some big organs on the upper right side of your abdomen, including your liver and right kidney, as well as your gallbladder. Serious causes of pain in this area include:
Hepatitis, including alcoholic hepatitis, toxic hepatitis, viral hepatitis, metabolic hepatitis, and autoimmune hepatitis
Gallstones
Liver disease, including liver cancer
Gallbladder cancer
Inflammation of your gallbladder, called cholecystitis
When to Call the Doctor About Abdominal Pain
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If your abdominal pain is serious, doesn’t go away, or keeps coming back, talk to your doctor. Call 911 right away if your belly hurts because you had a recent injury there or if you have chest pain.
You should also contact your doctor as soon as you can if you have pain along with other symptoms, such as:
Inability to keep food down for more than 2 days
Signs of dehydration, including not urinating frequently, dark-colored urine, and being very thirsty
Inability to have a bowel movement, especially if you’re also vomiting
Pain when you urinate or you need to urinate often Food
Also call your doctor if:
Your belly is tender to the touch
Pain lasts more than a few hours
You may have other symptoms that could be signals of a problem inside your body that needs immediate treatment.
Get medical care right away if you have abdominal pain and you also: