Pain in the right side develops with damage to the digestive organs - appendicitis and mesadenitis, Crohn's disease, hernias and malignant neoplasms. Among other causes of the symptom, urolithiasis is distinguished, in women - pathologies of the internal genital organs. To diagnose diseases manifested by pain in the side, ultrasound, X-ray and endoscopic studies are performed. Be sure to prescribe a standard package of laboratory tests of blood, feces, urine. Treatment includes medications (analgesics, antibiotics, hormones and cytostatics), surgical interventions.
Heartburn in the chest is a burning sensation along the esophagus that occurs when the pain receptors of the organ are irritated. The symptom is combined with acid belching, dysphagia, pain behind the sternum and in the epigastric region. Episodic short heartburn is a physiological reaction, an increase in the frequency and duration of attacks indicates a possible pathology of the esophagus and other parts of the gastrointestinal tract. To detect the causes of the symptom, ultrasound, endoscopy, manometry and pH-metry, laboratory tests are used. To relieve symptoms, antisecretory drugs, antacids, prokinetics are used.
A change in appetite is a sudden increase or complete lack of desire to eat, sometimes accompanied by the appearance of atypical taste preferences. It occurs with somatic and infectious diseases, mental illness, hormonal disorders. Psychiatric examination, ultrasound, radiography, blood tests are used to identify the etiology of changes in appetite. To eliminate eating disorders, etiotropic medications, methods of physiotherapy and psychotherapy are used.
An acute sense of smell (hyperosmia) is an increased sensitivity to smells. Common physiological prerequisites for olfactory disorders are hormonal changes in women during pregnancy and in the premenstrual period. The symptom is characteristic of neurological and psychiatric diseases. To determine the cause of olfactory disorders, olfactometry, ENT examination, and instrumental methods of brain imaging are performed. Medications are aimed at treating the underlying pathology, so they are prescribed only after a diagnosis has been made.
Vomiting of pregnant women is the release of gastric contents (chyme) through the oral cavity as a result of contraction of the smooth muscles of the gastrointestinal tract and abdominal pressure, which occurred during gestation and is associated with it. The symptom is preceded by discomfort in the throat and chest, nausea, increased salivation. Vomiting is often observed with early toxicosis of pregnant women, it can occur with pathological pregnancy and concomitant diseases of the digestive tract. To find out the cause of the symptom, ultrasound, endoscopy, manometry, and laboratory tests are performed. To eliminate the disorder, non-drug methods, prokinetics, and sedatives are used.
Nausea after eating is an unpleasant painful sensation in the stomach, esophagus and oropharynx, which occurs immediately or some time after eating and is accompanied by a violation of general well-being. Nausea often precedes vomiting. The symptom may have physiological prerequisites: overeating, pregnancy, but is more often determined in various pathologies of the digestive tract and hepatobiliary system. To identify the causes of nausea, ultrasound, endoscopy, radiography and laboratory methods are used. Herbal teas, prokinetics, sorbents, antihistamines help to reduce discomfort.