Which medications work best?
In principle, painkillers such as ibuprofen or paracetamol, which are freely available in stores, can be helpful for mild pain. For recommendations, the pharmacist can also provide helpful tips. If the symptoms persist or worsen, the situation becomes acute and the patient should wait for medical treatment before taking anything else in order not to compromise the medical history. In acute cases, potent medications can, in a clinical setting, bring about an improvement in pain.
Duration of complaints
It is difficult to predict the duration of a complaint with intestinal or abdominal pain on an individual basis. What cannot be repeated often enough, however, is that if the duration of the pain extends over a longer period of time, it may become worse, the emergency service should be informed.
Prognosis for intestinal pain
An individual prognosis should generally be avoided, since the course of the individual patients can vary considerably. In general, it can be said that rapid intervention in the pain symptoms and the underlying disease can avert a longer course with complications.
Abdominal pain after caesarean section
As mentioned above, abdominal pain can remain for some time after abdominal surgery. If it is necessary, for example in the case of a corresponding standstill or if the child is not able to be born, to perform a caesarean section, pain in the abdomen may occur as a result. Explicit pain in the intestine cannot be attributed to this. Nevertheless, neighbouring structures or organs such as the intestine can be unintentionally injured during the operation, so that pain can be a nuisance. These can be treated well with painkillers after the cause has been resolved.
Abdominal pain during the period
A woman’s monthly menstrual period is often accompanied by complaints in the form of abdominal pain. Since the cycle is hormone-controlled and is subject to a complex interaction of the individual hormones, even small deviations can lead to complaints. These can be stress-related, for example, but also caused by medication. Furthermore, mechanical contraceptives such as the coil during menstruation can also lead to complaints. Cysts of the ovaries as well as myomas (benign, hormone-dependent growing tumours of the uterus) can also cause cycle-related pain.
Abdominal pain after birth
After the birth of a child, which can take place in two ways, vaginally or by caesarean section, irregularities of the gastrointestinal tract can also become noticeable. Any type of operation can initially mean that the surgeon can expect stool irregularities. These often occur in the form of constipation, which can turn out to be unpleasant abdominal pain. The vaginal birth can also be painful for the mother with so-called after-birth pains. This causes the uterus to contract and thus cramping pain in the abdomen.
