What Are the Possible Causes of Stomach Ache When Lying Down on Your Back Facing Up?

Family Medicine, Primary Care Roots Community Health Center, Hippo Education, Kameda Medical Center

Supervised by Kenji Taylor, MD

Stomach pain in the back when lying down facing up can be a result of stomach gas/bloating, positional discomfort or less commonly a disease of the pancreas and surrounding organs.

Explanation

If you feel pain when you lie on your back and your abdomen stretches, it may just be due to gas or bloating in the stomach or muscular pain from being stretched. Less commonly, it may be due to a diseases of the pancreas and gallbladder that lead to inflammation and pain when they are compressed as you lie down facing upwards.

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Family Medicine, Primary Care Roots Community Health Center, Hippo Education, Kameda Medical Center

Kenji Taylor, MD

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