Working out is supposed to make you feel good, in addition to keeping you healthy. So the development of abdominal pain after working out might seem counterintuitive and leave you scratching your head.

Toddlers often have rather odd-looking stools, depending on what they last ate, but white or light-colored diarrhea deserves evaluation.

American adults experience on average one episode of acute diarrhea every year, according to The National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse. Diarrhea, described as loose, watery stools, is a common health complaint that affects people of all ages, including seniors.

Being lactose intolerant doesn't mean that you have to give up your coffee. There are several products that you can add to your coffee for flavor that do not contain lactose. If you order coffee from a coffeehouse, you need to ensure that it's lactose-free.

Gastroenteritis refers to inflammation of your intestines and stomach caused by a virus contracted by eating contaminated food or taking certain medications. Regardless of the cause, symptoms may include abdominal cramps, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and, in some cases, a low-grade fever.

Pregnancy comes with a host of discomforts--women often have morning sickness starting a few weeks after conception, and continue with back pain, heartburn, uterine pain, and a variety of other symptoms.

Being told to eat candy to cure a medical condition may sound too good to be true. But if you have problems with your salivary glands, sour candy may be just what the doctor ordered. Infection, decreased saliva production or stones in the salivary ducts can cause pain and swelling in the salivary glands.

Viral gastroenteritis is commonly referred to as the stomach flu -- although this name is misleading because the illness is not caused by the influenza virus, the culprit for the flu.

Stomach cramps while running can be painful and distracting. You may feel a sharp pain in your abdomen, or the discomfort may be located higher--usually on your right side, under your ribs--and is called a side stitch. According to military.

Villi are small cellular structures in the small intestine that vaguely resemble hairs. The large intestine has similar hair-like projections, but according to cytochemistry.net they are no longer referred to as villi.

Many conditions affecting an array of different organs and structures can cause pain in the upper stomach, or abdomen. Medical conditions that trigger this symptom vary from relatively mild ailments to potentially life-threatening disorders.

Spinach makes a healthy addition to a diet for people with gastroesophageal reflux disease, known as GERD. Aside from containing vitamins and minerals, spinach provides you with dietary fiber to aid digestion. Smooth digestion helps avoid acid reflux. Experiencing acid reflux more than twice a week indicates GERD.