What causes pain above belly button?

When you feel pain above your belly button, you cannot define it randomly, because many diseases can manifest this symptom, such as common gastroenteritis, stomachache or gallstones, which will have such clinical symptoms, so you need to treat it symptomatically.

1. Abdominal pain caused by gastroenteritis: If you have an upset stomach, such as food poisoning, you will start to have abdominal cramps a few hours after a meal, followed by nausea and vomiting, which is called "gastroenteritis." Some people also have diarrhea after the stomach pain, which does not stop, which is called "small intestinal colitis." The former mainly affects the stomach, while the latter affects the large intestine. Both are caused by toxins produced by rotten food or bacteria, which stimulate inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. Except for a few who need to go to the hospital for intravenous drip, they will usually recover within a few days.

2. Stomachache: Abdominal pain caused by inflammation or ulcer of the stomach or duodenum. The pain point is usually above the navel. Duodenal ulcer is caused by excessive secretion of gastric acid. The pain will improve after eating something, but will return when hungry. This is a typical duodenal ulcer patient. In addition, a small number of cases of true stomach pain are caused by stomach cancer. It is necessary to undergo a gastroscopy to find out the exact cause so as not to delay the disease.

3. Gallstones: Gallstones fall out and get stuck in the gallbladder duct, causing the gallbladder to contract and produce severe abdominal pain. The pain point is usually in the upper abdomen, which is often mistaken for stomach pain. The pain usually lasts half an hour to an hour after a meal. Gallstones often cause cholecystitis, and the pain will become continuous pain. The pain point is in the right upper abdomen and is often accompanied by obvious tenderness.