When assessing older adults who have abdominal pain, health care providers should remember that chronological age may not fully reflect patients' physiological age. The overall health condition ...

There are many reasons to have a stomachache these days, but with older children and adults, it is easier to determine what is the cause of their pain. Children have ...

Older adults especially may not get classic stomach pain, which means ulcers in this group often aren’t found until they’ve done serious damage [7].

IBS usually has the same symptoms in older adults, but treatment can vary. ... is a condition in which multiple symptoms appear together, creating recurring abdominal pain and bowel dysfunction.

That stomach pain might actually be a urinary tract infection hiding in plain sight. UTIs have a reputation for causing burning during urination and sending you running to the bathroom every 20 ...

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like ibuprofen and naproxen offer relief from pain and inflammation but can sometimes upset the stomach. However, NSAIDs, known for their anti ...

The study showed sarcopenia diagnosis rates increased nearly fivefold among older adults, rising from just 0.01% of Medicare beneficiaries in 2017 to 0.07% by 2022.

A new study looked at data from more than 400,000 people aged 30 or older in the UK who had visited a GP due to stomach pain and more than 50,000 who had visited their GP due to bloating.