Often bothered by painful puffiness around your abdomen? A 2023 study published in the journal Gastroenterology estimates that one in four women feel bloated at least once a week. That’s a problem in ...

Abdominal pain and cramping, pressure in the pelvis or lower abdomen ... but typically include a feeling of heaviness, fullness, or aching in the vagina and pelvic regions, pain with urination and ...

Medical providers usually try to fit symptoms to a single diagnosis, and rightly so. But sometimes it's not the case.

She was prescribed a strong antacid, a medication to coat her stomach and another to increase her gastrointestinal motility. The woman was dubious. She’d had gastritis before; that pain was ...

Abdominal pain from constipation may feel like a sharp twinge or cramps. Pressing on the abdomen may worsen the pain because it increases the pressure from slow stool movement in the intestines. You ...

A research team at the University of Vienna, led by medicinal chemist Markus Muttenthaler, has developed a new class of oral ...

A research team has developed a new class of oral peptide therapeutic leads for treating chronic abdominal pain. This groundbreaking innovation offers a safe, non-opioid-based solution for conditions ...

University of Queensland researchers have developed a new class of oral painkillers to suppress chronic abdominal pain that ...

Even though the experience of pain varies from one person to the next, it is possible to categorize the different types of pain. Neuropathic pain is often described as a shooting or burning pain.