6 Reasons Why Your Stomach Hurts After Eating

You eat a meal. Your stomach hurts. You pop an over-the-counter medication. You feel better. Or sometimes you don’t.

What does it mean? In many cases, it’s a simple case of indigestion (also called dyspepsia), which causes abdominal pain, bloating and feelings of fullness. As long as it only happens occasionally, that’s probably all it is.

But if it happens frequently, or if symptoms last for a week or more and medications don’t alleviate the issues, it could be something more serious, said gastroenterologist Mayra Sanchez, MD, who practices in central and western Connecticut.

“There are a number of diagnostic options and technology available to help identify the different gastric ailments,” said Dr. Sanchez. Many of the most common ones are treatable, she added, but leaving symptoms untreated can lead to more serious problems.

Click here to learn about these six gastric ailments.