Stomach Pain from Coughing Home Remedy | Stomach Pain Treatment

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Nick in Digestive Disorders

Stomach Pain from Coughing Remedies

Each one of us may have experienced this: suffering from cough. Annoying already by itself, coughing also has other consequences that are equally painful to suffer from. The coughing itself may be brought by several reasons. However, what is alarming is when constant coughing causes other complications.

What Causes Coughing?

Having cough is a bodily response to the presence of virus in the body. It may also be a precursor to other illness such as flu or fever. Although there are varied reasons people contact cough, coughing in itself signifies a weak immune system.

In its severe stage, coughing may be accompanied by phlegm. Some experiences tightness in their throat, accompanied by a sore feeling in their pharynx.

Coughing Causes Stomach Pain

The situation occurs due to severe and painful coughing. In an effort to cough out the phlegm struck in the throat area, people sometimes exert too much effort in expelling them. As a result, the muscles in the abdominal area get strained too. When the process is repeated frequently and especially if the coughing involves physical effort, pain in stomach area results.

Are coughing and stomach pain caused by one problem?

Not really.

Coughing occurs because of a particular reason. On the other hand, stomach pain comes about due to the abdominal muscles being strained from coughing (that is, unless you are suffering from abdominal area disorders such as constipation, worm infection, or intestinal infection).

Remedies for stomach pain from coughing

When talking about remedies for stomach pain from coughing, the cure should treat the cause of the problem: coughing. Because coughing is the one single factor that brought pain in the abdominal area, it should be the focus for treatment.

The following are some of the most common treatments for stomach pain from coughing:

  • Take in plenty of lemon and honey. Lemon will act on the agents that caused coughing while honey will coat the lining of the throat to prevent further infection.
  • Drink plenty of water. Water will help the body replenish lost fluids as well as to soothe the throat from constant coughing.
  • For the abdominal pain, one may apply topical remedies such as ointments or pain relievers for stomach pain.
  • Massage the abdominal area. Massaging will help soothe the strained muscles, restoring its flexibility abused through extreme coughing.

2 comments

  1. Toi Barrett
    January 12, 2012 at 3:59 pm

    I just wanted to comment that this was a very helpful article on stomach pain with coughing. I was getting a little scared there because the pain is atrocious.

  2. P.U .P
    March 12, 2010 at 5:07 am

    Here, the abdominal pain is a secondary symptom, it is not the primary cause. Rather the primary cause is coughing. So the focus of treatment should be to relieve cough.
    Cough can be due to many reasons. It may be due to acute cause like viral infection or chronic cause like tuberculosis of the lungs, asthma to name the few. The treatment of the underlying cause will relieve the cough, for example anti-tubercular treatment in case of tuberculosis and Anti-asthmatic treatment in case of asthma.
    Massage therapy over the abdomen for its strained muscles may relieve the abdominal pain.
    Home remedies like lemon juice with honey are useful to treat acute viral infection of the upper respiratory tract producing cough.

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