the.com/stomachache
your gut's strongly worded letter to whatever you did last night
means A pain or discomfort felt in the stomach or belly, ranging from a dull cramp to a sharp ache.
from A transparent compound of two old English words: 'stomach' and 'ache.' 'Stomach' traveled in via Old French 'estomac' from Latin 'stomachus,' itself borrowed from Greek 'stomachos' — originally meaning the throat or gullet, and a relative of 'stoma,' 'mouth.' 'Ache' is homegrown English, from Old English 'acan,' to hurt. So the word literally bolts a Greek-by-way-of-Latin belly onto a thoroughly native pain.
- second brain
- your gut holds 500 million neurons of its own
- nerve highway
- the vagus nerve sends gut feelings straight to your brain
- stress link
- anxiety physically cramps the digestive tract
- butterflies
- that fluttery dread is literally reduced gut blood flow
- ancient gripe
- humans have written about bellyaches for 5,000 years
montezuma's revenge — traveler's diarrhea affecting tourists in mexico, causing acute stomach pain and cramping
irritable bowel syndrome — affects 10-15% of global population with recurring abdominal pain and cramping