Epigastric pain

The pain, which a patient feels in the upper central region of the abdomen, is termed as the Epigastric pain. This particular region is called the epigastric region. To explain it further, the area in the human body between costal margins and subcostal margins is called the epigastric region.

Through the anatomical point-of-view, the body of a human abdomen is divided in to nine major parts or sections namely; epigastrium, left hypochondria, right hypochondria, right lateral region, left lateral region (which are also called the Flanks), right inguinal region, left inguinal region (which are also called the Fossae), umblical and pubic region.

Epigastric pain is actually the feeling of soreness or ache in the abdomen’s upper and middle area. About ten million population of Ameriaca suffers the epigastric pain due to the disease of Lactase defficiancy. On the other hand, drug usage also causes this epigastric pain in the abdomen. Mentioned are a few diseases or medical conditions which cause the epigastric pain. Pancreatic cancer, Gastrisis, Indigestion, medicational effects, Dyspepsia, Peptic ulcer disease, myocardial ischaemia, Gastroesophegal reflux, Pancreatitis, Malabsorbtion, Myocardial infraction, Gastric cancer, Intestinal ischaemia, Pnuemonia, Hiatus hernia, Gastric volvulus, Pregnancy, Zollinger_Ellison syndrome, Abdominal hernia, Caliac artery stenosis from aompression by median arcuate ligamant of diaphragm, Copper toxity, Helicobacter pylori bacteria, Janbon syndromeCrohn’s disease of esophagus, Ankylostomiasis, Parasitic infection, Gastric lymphoma, Pylephlebitis, Sandifer syndrome, Zieve syndrome, Pancriatic infection and last but not the least, Lactase defficiency. These are very few symptoms of Epigastric pain.

It is observed that there are many other rare symptoms which can cause the epigastric pain. It is better that you consult your doctor in case of ant querries of if your body shows other similar symptoms. Zefazone drugs medicines, toxins or drugs also cause the epigastric pain. In this case the pain is the result of a drug side-effect or so. Among the up-mentioned thirty four causes of epigastric pain, only myocardial infraction and pancreatic cancer are directly or indirectly related to the disease of Diabetes. These symptoms or causes of epigastric pain mostly appear in the patients who have a family history of diabetes.

The most interesting treatment being offered in the medical world regarding the epigastric pain is the Traditional Chinese Medicine treatment. The Chinese medicines are used to treat the epigastric pain and the other conditions related to it on clinical basis. The Traditional Chinese Medicine treatment includes Acupuncture treatment, Tong Ren therapy and herbal treatment. It is observed the Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment is proved helpful in many cases of epigastric pain.