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Ok, here we go again, there are exceptions. How many have had tummy discomfort in their lives, in the days gone by it was a tummy ache -- remember those or are you all so much younger that you never heard of tummy ache. Not everyone ends up with appendicitis!!!! How about that good ole "gas" issue, anyone ever have gas problems.
Ok, here we go again, there are exceptions. How many have had tummy discomfort in their lives, in the days gone by it was a tummy ache -- remember those or are you all so much younger that you never heard of tummy ache. Not everyone ends up with appendicitis!!!! How about that good ole "gas" issue, anyone ever have gas problems.
Words like "gastralgia" or "gastrodynia" are actual words to describe the same dang thing. I don't think I've used the words "tummy ache" to describe abdominal pain in 20 years. There are also bigger, scarier words for "gas pains". Just because you don't like/understand them doesn't make them any less valid
Words like "gastralgia" or "gastrodynia" are actual words to describe the same dang thing. I don't think I've used the words "tummy ache" to describe abdominal pain in 20 years. There are also bigger, scarier words for "gas pains". Just because you don't like/understand them doesn't make them any less valid
The use of the words "tummy ache" are more suitable for talking to a three year old about where it hurts.
And the only symptom was gas? I would think the pain of a blockage would be more than a tummy ache of gas.
It gets very painful but the pain of obstruction, especially early in the process, can be intermittent and vary in intensity. Gas can get pretty painful too.
There is a Dr. Wilkes (I believe is his name) who offers medical advice in 5 minute segments per day on NPR and I happened to hear him this morning. It's always a fluke since I don't live by the clock to hear his 5 minute comments.
He said that today's health issues have been so "medicalized" that one can go to the doctor with a stomach problem and come out with a long medical term which can commonly be a tummy ache. Remember those folks...
Brings to mind the jargon and medicalization on MRI's...I have two for my back from about 2011 and you'd think I'd be dead by now.
We've been so medicalized and have a lot of fear about so much today that can be nothing.
A little baking soda for that tummy ache can go a long way.
I think the long medical terms are necessary for insurance coding paperwork. The insurance companies are in control of what a doctor gets paid for your visit.
I think the long medical terms are necessary for insurance coding paperwork. The insurance companies are in control of what a doctor gets paid for your visit.
And the only symptom was gas? I would think the pain of a blockage would be more than a tummy ache of gas.
For me it was. It was the inability to pass gas that actually made me worried enough to head to the ER. I had a 4 on the actual gas pain.
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