What to do if your stomach hurts from hunger

The feeling of hunger is a signal sent by the human body to indicate that people need to eat to supplement nutrition. Many people will experience stomach pain when they are hungry. If this happens, people need to pay special attention to it. First, fill their stomachs and then understand the cause of this situation to avoid causing more serious situations. Let’s take a closer look at what to do when you have stomach pain due to hunger.

I feel hungry and my stomach hurts, what should I do?

1. When you experience stomach pain due to hunger, don’t panic too much. Instead, you should deal with it calmly, otherwise the symptoms may become more serious. The first relief method you should use is to eat something, but at this time you should eat soft, light and easily digestible food, such as bread, porridge, noodles and so on. Generally speaking, after eating something, the stomach has something to digest, so it will not be "bored" to digest the gastric mucosa and cause or aggravate pain symptoms. Therefore, this is the most basic treatment method. But be careful not to eat too much at one time, and don't eat raw, cold, hard, or spicy food. You should also avoid strong tea, coffee, carbonated drinks, and milk. In addition, people who often experience stomach pain due to hunger should prepare some snacks, such as bread and soda crackers, in case of emergency.

2. If you have stomach pain due to hunger and there is no food around you, you can drink some hot water to relieve the pain, because stomach pain due to hunger is often caused by excessive gastric acid secretion. Gastric acid can also cause excessive stimulation to the already damaged gastric mucosal tissue, causing stomach pain symptoms. Drinking some hot water at this time can dilute the gastric juice and thus relieve stomach pain. It can be said that this is the simplest and most effective way to cure stomach pain caused by hunger without spending any money. After drinking hot water, you can rub your hands together to warm them up and then place them on your abdomen for massage. This can stabilize your gastrointestinal condition and have a very good effect in relieving gastrointestinal discomfort symptoms.

It is worth mentioning that the phenomenon of frequent stomach pain due to hunger cannot be ignored. It is best to go to the hospital for relevant examinations as soon as possible. Because this is mostly a symptom of diseases such as gastric ulcer, after the condition is diagnosed, you should actively take preventive and therapeutic measures under the guidance of a doctor. For patients with gastric ulcers, medication is the main treatment method. Currently commonly used treatment drugs include gastric mucosal protective drugs, anti-Helicobacter pylori drugs, and traditional Chinese medicine that has the function of regulating the spleen and stomach. However, you must take the right medicine under the guidance of a doctor and do not use it indiscriminately.