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An upset stomach, heartburn or constipation: find the right page
The pages on this site for an upset stomach were spread out: across the long list of tools, the first-aid pages and the list for a baby or child. This page puts 17 of them on one list, sorted by what is going on. Pick one and it opens. Each line below is that page’s own description.
If you think someone’s life is in danger, call 911 now. This page is a list. It cannot feel a belly, and it cannot tell you how serious something is.
If someone may have swallowed something harmful, our poisoning page says when it is 911 and when it is Poison Help (1-800-222-1222, free at any hour). Chest pain is not always heartburn: our heartburn page says when chest pain is a 911 call because it could be a heart attack.
Type a word or two, like vomiting, baby, pregnant or laxative. Nothing you type here is kept or sent.
Something swallowed, a poisoning, or a reaction to a food, right now
The first-aid page lists every first-aid card on this site.
- When it might be a poisoningA child got into the pills or the cleaner, a double dose or the wrong medicine, two products mixed, something in an eye, a swallowed button battery, a snake bite, bad food. Keeps nothing.
- When it might be a severe allergic reactionA tight throat, a swollen tongue, hives all over or trouble breathing after a food, a sting or a medicine, yours or someone else’s; a first reaction; epinephrine you are afraid to use, or can’t afford; or a child with a serious allergy. Keeps nothing.
- First aid: what do you see?One page to find the right first-aid page fast. Keeps nothing.
Throwing up, diarrhea, heartburn, constipation or gallstones
The heartburn, constipation and gallstones pages were written about adults. The food poisoning page is for anyone.
- Food poisoning and stomach bugs: the signs, fluids, when to get care, and keeping it from spreadingFor anyone throwing up or with diarrhea after something they ate, a stomach bug going around at home, at work or in a shelter, or someone who can’t keep fluids down. Keeps nothing.
- Heartburn and acid reflux (GERD): the signs, when to see a doctor, what helps, and the medicinesFor adults with a burning in the chest after eating, food or a sour taste coming back up, heartburn at night, or antacids taken every day. Keeps nothing.
- Constipation in adults: the signs, when to see a doctor, what helps, and laxativesFor adults with hard stools, few bowel movements, straining, a laxative they can’t stop taking, or constipation that began with a new medicine, travel, a move or a shelter. Keeps nothing.
- Gallstones and gallbladder attacks: the signs, when to get care, and surgeryFor adults with pain in the upper right belly after a meal or at night, gallstones found on a scan, or a gallbladder that a surgeon says should come out. Keeps nothing.
A baby or child who is throwing up, has diarrhea, or is constipated
Both were written about a baby or child.
- Vomiting and diarrhea in a baby or child: fluids, and when to callFor anyone looking after a baby or child who is throwing up or has diarrhea, at any hour. Keeps nothing.
- Constipation in a baby or child: what helps, and when to callFor anyone looking after a baby or child who may be constipated. Keeps nothing.
Nausea in pregnancy, hepatitis, a fight with food, or a sick day with diabetes
These four are about something else, and each one has a part about feeling sick, eating, or keeping food down.
- Morning sickness: when pregnancy nausea won’t let upFor anyone who is pregnant and feels sick, some of the day or all of it, and for the people looking after them. Keeps nothing.
- When it’s hepatitisFor anyone who has hepatitis A, B or C, anyone who thinks they were exposed or wonders whether to be tested, and the people who live with them. Keeps nothing.
- When eating has become a fightEating less and less, bingeing, purging, or afraid of food, or watching someone you love do it. Keeps nothing.
- When blood sugar goes too low or too highSomeone with diabetes is shaky, sweaty, confused or has passed out; blood sugar is very high, or you are sick and can’t keep anything down; you have just been told you have diabetes; you are worn out by it; you can’t afford the insulin; or you are beside someone who has it. Keeps nothing.
Before you call or go in
These four are for anyone’s appointment, call or medicines. They were not made for the stomach.
- Symptom diary: write it down, show your doctorWrite down what you notice when it happens, with your own number from 0 to 10. What you type is kept only in this browser.
- Get ready for your appointmentTen minutes before you go: what has been happening, your medicines, your questions and what helps you, on one page to hand to your doctor, therapist or psychiatrist, with room to write down the plan. What you type is kept only in this browser.
- Call script: know what you will say before you dialA phone call you keep putting off? Write who you are calling, the sentence that says what you want, what to have ready and what to ask. What you type is kept only in this browser.
- My medicines: a list and a daily check“Did I already take it?” Write down what you take and when, tick each medicine as you take it, and the page keeps the time. What you type is kept only in this browser.
No page on this list matches those words. Try one word, press Show all, or search the whole site.
Good to know
What these pages are
- All 17 were written with AI (Claude) for Scarlet Beast. No doctor, nurse or pharmacist has reviewed them.
- The health guides pass on what named public sources say, such as the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Each guide names the sources it was built from.
- Every line on this list is copied from the page it points to when this list is built. This list adds no health facts of its own.
- Being on this list does not mean a thing is catching, or that it is serious. This list does not sort anything by how bad it is.
- They are for the United States: the phone numbers and the offices are U.S. ones.
What this page can’t do
- It is not medical advice. It cannot tell one stomach ache from another, or tell you whether to wait or to go in.
- It does not have every subject. There is no page here yet for belly pain on its own, an ulcer or appendicitis.
- Some of these pages were written about a baby or child, and some about adults. The names on the list say which.
- It does not replace a doctor, nurse line, pharmacist or clinic. If something feels wrong to you, call them.
Pages that go with this
- A baby or child: find the right page: the longer list for anyone looking after a baby or child.
- A cough, a fever, or trouble breathing: find the right page: the list for a cough, a fever or trouble breathing.
- When you need food: free food near you, and SNAP.
- All the free tools, and search.
- The phone list: the helplines the guides lead with, on one page.
- Pass it on: any of these pages as a code to show or a slip to print.
This page and its wording were written with AI (Claude) for Scarlet Beast (our AI policy). The names and lines of the 17 pages are read from the pages’ own descriptions when this page is built. The page was checked by programs, not yet used by people. It runs no analytics or tracking (privacy). Also in Spanish: Malestar de estómago, acidez o estreñimiento. Found a mistake? Email [email protected].