Causes and Home Remedies for Abdominal Pain

Abdominal pain can be caused by many problems, and some of them are life threatening. You need to know what to look for and how to deal with it to remain healthy.

The abdomen contains many organs, and some of them can cause pain. Dealing with abdominal pain means knowing the general vicinity of these organs and what type of pain might be causing the problem.

Appendicitis: The pain may start near the belly button, then travel down to the lower right side of the abdomen. You may feel like you need to go the bathroom, or a bit of indigestion as well. This is not something to treat at home. Don’t eat or drink anything and go to the emergency room. A ruptured appendix could kill you.

Hepatitis C Stages

Hepatitis C is usually not recognized until it has reached chronic stage and so it is known as silent killer. Read on to know about all the hepatitis C stages, as it might help detect the disease earlier.

The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is responsible for causing the acute or chronic liver disease of hepatitis C, the transmission of which takes place only through blood. Even though hospitals and nursing homes today screen the blood to check for hepatitis C, before any transfusion, ruling out hepatitis C transmission by this means, it is estimated that about three percent of the world's population is chronically infected with hepatitis C currently. This includes four million people in the United States, making it one of the greatest public health threats of the century. According to the available statistics, more than 80 percent of hepatitis C infections become chronic.