2019-12-17 02:54:55

Abdominal pain is sometimes just a normal symptom. However, there are cases of abdominal pain warning of some dangerous diseases such as colorectal cancer. Patients need to identify the cause by examination and screening.

Abdominal cover from tip of breast to perineum. The abdomen consists of two main regions: the epigastric (above the navel) and the lower abdomen (below the navel). In the abdominal cavity, there are basic organs such as stomach - duodenum, liver, spleen, pancreas, bile system (bile and gallbladder), intestines (colon, small intestine, mesentery, rectum, posterior subjects), urinary system (kidney, ureter, bladder), with women also have uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes, vagina.

Abdominal pain - a sign of common digestive diseases

Occasionally, abdominal pain is caused by overeating or overeating of certain foods (such as fatty foods, sugary foods, or lactose intolerant people eating a lot of dairy products) and pain usually resolves in a few hours or lasts for several days. This is a normal and non-dangerous phenomenon, but it is also a warning sign that you need to pay more attention to your health.

early detection of disease and scheduling of screening examinations

In some cases, pain may be an early warning sign of a more serious disorder, which may require treatment and medication. Locating pain can help your doctor identify the underlying cause. Here are some of the abdominal pain sites to be able to identify the disease:

• Right upper abdominal pain: often caused by hepatitis, bile duct worms, right pleurisy, pyelonephritis of the right kidney.
• Abdominal pain on the left: mostly due to acute pancreatitis, splenomegaly, pleurisy on the left, pyelonephritis of the left kidney.
• Middle mid-abdominal pain: often seen in acute gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, pericarditis, severe asthma.
• Right lower abdominal pain: can be caused by intestinal tuberculosis, asbestos disease, acute appendicitis.
• Lower left abdominal pain: caused by dysentery, urinary retention.
• Pain around the navel: usually caused by roundworm, enteritis, food allergy, acute enteritis caused by acute hemorrhage, ileus, intussusception, perforation, peritonitis
• Abdominal pain in the lower back: can be seen in cases of pyelonephritis, kidney stones.
• Lumbar pain may be related to kidney problems.

Doctors and physicians of the Gastroenterology Department recommend that any abdominal symptoms require examination and screening. City International Hospital has received many emergency cases thought it was true but it turned out to be colon and rectum.

General Surgery Department 

Key Activities

• Medical advice from in-depth specialists who perform functional diagnostics with a standard procedure to minimize discomfort and risk for the patients.
• Interventions of treatment with advanced methods, being the first to update and support with most advanced hospital equipment such as: Laparoscopic surgery, Ultracision Harmonic Scalpel, Cavitron Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator (CUSA), Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio-Pancreatography (ERCP), Laser Hemorrhoid Surgery.
• Modern Operating Room Systems and advanced surgical skills the sterile filtration system according to international regulatory standards for minimizing postoperative infection.
• Patient Safety in the Surgical Environment must be strictly adhered to as well as minimizing medication errors with stringent quality management system and continual improvement process.

Fields of healthcare and treatment

• Counseling and screening for benign and malignant diseases, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary and digestive health related.
• Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary & Advanced Gastrointestinal Surgery.

Meet the team

Doctor name	Photo	Title
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Tan Cuong		Deputy Chairman of Medical Advisory Board General Surgeon
Nguyen Bao Xuan Thanh, I, MD		General surgeon
Nguyen Van Khoa, MD, MBA		General surgeon
Le Kim Sang, II, MD		Gastroenterologist & Endoscopic Surgeon
Nguyen Thị Thai Ha, I, MD		Urologist
Dinh Duc Minh, I, MD		Endoscopist
Nguyen Van Khoa, MD, MS		Urologist

For appointment or more information about the services provided by General Surgery Department,  please contact:

General Surgery Department

• Nurse Station: (8428) 6280 3333, ext. 8247 or 8246
• Patient service: (8428) 6280 3333, ext. 8242

City International Hospital

• Operator: (8428) 6280 3333, ext. 0
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