What happens when you get shot in the stomach?
It largely depends how the bullet would traverse the inner organs in the upper abdomen:This is a transverse section of the upper abdomen just below the lowest part of your breastbone:and this is the same a bit lower down:The biggest worry would be a hole in either the biggest artery the aorta or right next to it the big vein the inferior vena cava, one can bleed to death within minutes if the surrounding tissue don't keep the blood from freely flowing out.A hole in one of the large organs with lots of blood in them e.g. the spleen and the liver, maybe one of the kidneys, would also cause a bleeding, but that usually can be treated up to some hours later.A hole in the stomach or the intestines will cause stomach acid or intestinal bacteria to contaminate the peritoneum, causing a peritonitis, a serious infection that can be fatal if not treated within half a day or so.If the pancreas was damaged it could cause a severe pancreatitis.So if one doesn't immediately bleed to death, usually surgery is indicated if the bullet's entry wound really was into the belly, since we should check all organs for tears to either repair or in acute war situations put lots of gauze to pack the bleeding locally, closing the abdomen and transferring the wounded to a better equiped hospital in the second line, there the intestines and the stomach after having been inspected for holes are to be repaired, the peritoneum irrigated to clear the contamination as much as possible, the non viable tissue removed and then either the abdominal wall is closed, or if there was too much edema the wound left open do not to elevated the intra-abdominal pressure which could be closing of the venous return through the inferior vena cava prevents the heart from getting filled with enough blood to be able to pump enough blood around (circulatory shock due to Abdominal compartment syndrome).The bullet's path can determined by ricochet against bony structures like the spine, the pelvis, higher up the ribs
My girlfriend feels something in her stomach can this be a baby????????
She said it feels like a flick inside her but she cant feel it on the outside her period is due tomorrow but she has regular creamy discharge and gas can she be pregnant she would be two to four weeks
Why do my period cramps feel like labor pain?
Medical professionals please feel free to correct me where I’m wrong, but I think I have the correct high-level gist at least.Well, they basically are contractions.When your body decides that its current uterine lining won’t be used, it wants to get rid of it. The way your body does this is by releasing a hormone (FSH) that stimulates your smooth muscles*.Some of these smooth muscles are found in your lady business area, and the FSH stimulates the smooth muscle in the myometrium layer of the uterine wall to make regular contractions that will push the unused lining out (think about squeezing a washcloth).And yes, the same muscles make the contractions used to push babies out of the same place.Speaking of painful contractions…Unfortunately, smooth muscles also occur elsewhere in the body. Like your intestines. The hormone isn’t always terribly specific, you see, so it can incidentally stimulate contractions in, say, your intestines.Now, we have tiny contractions going on in your intestines all the time, pushing your food along the tubes as part of the digestive process. But the extra push from the FSH can make the contractions a bit unruly and painful. These are our cramps.This is also why women often get diarrhea along with their periods, because the contractions are pushing the contents of the intestines out to the bowel before the digestive process is finished with them.* Your body has three kinds of muscle:Striated muscle, which is the kind we think of as muscles. The meaty bits on your legs and arms etc. that we consciously use to move around.Smooth muscle, which is found on the inside of you in the walls of most of the organs that stuff needs to move through, like your intestines, bladder, blood vessels, etc. Your body sends out signals to these muscles to make them contract in waves to move their contents along (peristalsis).Heart muscle, which is so special and important it gets to be its own category.
Possible to have an allergic reaction to Atomic Fireball candy?
It doesn't seem like a stomach upset would have much to do with an allergic reaction associated with hives(rash). It is the season for sickness to travel around so it could be entirely coincidental. Kids do go through phases of being allergic to one thing or another and then grow out of it. My son used to break out in hives when we used Lavender scented baby soap on him..we waited a couple of years and tried it again and now he's fine with it. Similarily, my other son got a rash and "hot" spots on his face after eating cinnamon applesauce. We did some trial and error tests and determined it was definitely the cinnamon. Since his reaction was fairly mild, we tried placing the cinnamon under a bandaid and sticking that to his arm every six months (for about 15mins) to make sure he was still allergic (all of this was approved by our pediatrican, mind you) and after about a year and a half, he no longer has a reaction to it. Your son's body is growing and changing and still determining for itself what is and isn't safe. Sometimes allergies just appear and never go away-even for adults. If you feel comfortable with it, I would place a fireball against his skin for a few minutes every so often and just see if he continues to be allergic. And by the way, I don't know why the other answerer said they can have a more severe reaction every time they're exposed. That simply isn't true. Even now, dr.s are recanting their statement that giving a young child peanut butter can lead to reactions. They now suggest you DO give them small quantities of PB so their bodies can learn to deal with it without a reaction.
I think i have GAS problem in body?
Hey For the past 3 weeks or so i have been burping alot and i have been feeling very uncomfortable. I also have been very weak and not wanting to do anything. I have pain on my left side below my ribs and pain in my upper left side. And i feel pressure in my chest. Now for the past 2 days i have pain in my left arm and my back side. I think that i have alot of GAS trapped inside me thats why i am getting these pains all over the place. I have also noticed that i am not going to the washroom very often to poop so i think the gas is being released through me burping alot. My family doctor tells me i am normal as we did blood, urine, xray of chest, and ECG and all were fine. But i told my doctor that i dont feel normal so he told me that he might refer me to some doctor whom knows about stomach problems. Can someone tell me the cause of these pains and how can i get rid of them? Thanks alot.