Why Does My Stomach Hurt?
GET YOUR ULTRASOUND,LABS AND TREATMENT AT OUR CENTRE. Tummy troubles are a common cause for a visit to the doctor’s office. When patients complain of “stomach pain,” they are sometimes describing pain that is throughout the abdomen area and may not actually be directly related to the organ known as the stomach. Doctors first try to determine if a patient’s abdominal pain is caused by a structural or functional problem. Sometimes the digestive tract does not function properly due to an abnormality with the structure of an organ. Medical imaging will show that the organ does not look normal and is not working properly. The gastrointestinal system has its own nervous system to control the muscle contractions that digest the food you eat. Functional problems, also called motility disorders, result from poor nerve and muscle function in the digestive tract. Gastrointestinal (GI) organs with motility problems will usually look normal on medical imaging tests, such as CT scans or...