Symptom: Abdominal pain
Abdominal pain: Pain in the abdominal area or stomach.
Introduction: Abdominal pain can range from various harmless conditions to extremely severe life-threatening conditions. Any symptom of abdominal pain needs prompt professional medical advice. Sudden and very severe abdominal pain should be treated as a medical emergency.
Abdominal pain is a very common symptom, and also common in children. Unfortunately, many cases of acute appendicitis are misdiagnosed each year as gastroenteritis or some other condition, especially in children and infants. Although appendicitis is an uncommon condition, it can be fatal. And there are many other serious conditions that may cause abdominal pain.
Detailed cause information for symptom: Abdominal pain:
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Types of Abdominal pain: stomach cramps (46), stomach ache (46), heartburn (8), liver pain (4)
Abdominal pain type of: Common symptoms (662), Digestive symptoms (397), Abdominal symptoms (272), Pain (604)
Symptoms: symptom center, symptom groups, symptom descriptions
Possible causes of symptom: Abdominal pain: The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Abdominal pain as a symptom. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.
- Gas
- Gallbladder disease
- Colon cancer
- Diverticulitis
- Diverticulosis
- Appendicitis
- Gastroenteritis
- Some simple causes of abdominal pain include:
- Hunger
- Overeating
- Gas
- Fatigue
- Over-exertion
- Some causes of abdominal pain with vomiting include:
- Gastroenteritis
- Food poisoning
- Viral gastroenteritis
- Appendicitis
- Mesenteric adenitis
- Peptic ulcer
- Kidney stones
- Ovarian cyst
- Salpingitis
- Biliary colic (type of Biliary disorder)
- Stomach cancer
- Acute pancreatitis
- Meckel's diverticulum
- Intestinal obstruction
- Porphyria
- See also other causes of vomiting, vomiting blood, or abdominal pain
- Some causes of abdominal pain with vomiting and fever include:
- Gastroenteritis
- Food poisoning
- Viral gastroenteritis
- Urinary tract infection
- Appendicitis
- Acute pyelonephritis
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Cholecystitis
- Gallstones
- Intestinal obstruction
- Acute pancreatitis
- Meckel's diverticulitis
- Porphyria
- See also other causes of fever, vomiting, vomiting blood, or abdominal pain
- Some causes of abdominal pain with vomiting and jaundice include:
- Acute pancreatitis
- Cholecystitis
- Gallstones
- Pancreatic cancer
- Stomach cancer
- See also other causes of jaundice, vomiting, vomiting blood, or abdominal pain
- Some causes of abdominal pain with vomiting blood include:
- Esophageal conditions
- Esophageal bleeding (type of Gastrointestinal bleeding)
- Esophagitis
- Mallory-Weiss tear
- Stomach bleeding (type of Gastrointestinal bleeding)
- Acute gastritis
- Peptic ulcer
- Stomach cancer
- Hiatal hernia
- Certain drugs
- See also other causes of vomiting, vomiting blood, or abdominal pain
- Some causes of abdominal pain with diarrhea include:
- Gastroenteritis
- Food poisoning
- Viral gastroenteritis
- Bacillary dysentery
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Ulcerative colitis
- Crohn's disease
- Bowel cancer
- Chronic pancreatitis
- Cholera
- Typhoid
- Pernicious anemia
- Gastrectomy
- Carcinoid syndrome
- See also other causes of diarrhea or abdominal pain
- Some causes of left upper quadrant abdominal pain:
- Certain spleen conditions
- Swollen spleen
- Ruptured spleen
- Splenic infarction - such as from sickle cell disease
- Subphrenic abscess
- Colon cancer - splenic flexure
- Diverticulitis
- Gastritis
- Stomach ulcer
- Stomach cancer
- Hiatus hernia
- Pancreas condition
- Pancreatitis
- Pancreatic cancer
- Pleurisy
- Pneumonia
- Referred epigastric pain
- Referred left iliac fossa
- Referred loin pain
- Referred cardiac pain
- Myocardial infarct
- Pericarditis
- Referred pulmonary pain
- Pneumonia
- Pulmonary infarction
- Referred pleural pain
- Empyema (type of Pleural effusion)
- See also left upper quadrant abdominal pain
- Some causes of right upper quadrant abdominal pain:
- Certain liver conditions
- Hepatitis
- Swollen liver
- Congestive hepatomegaly
- Liver tumor
- Liver abscess
- Subphrenic abscess
- Gallbladder diseases
- Gallstones
- Biliary colic (type of Biliary disorder)
- Cholecystitis
- Acalculous cholecystitis
- Cholangitis
- Pancreas disorder
- Pancreatitis
- Pancreatic cancer
- Diverticulitis
- Colitis
- Referred lung pain
- Pneumonia
- Pulmonary infarction
- Shingles
- Kidney conditions
- Appendicitis
- Colon cancer - hepatic flexure
- Referred epigastric pain - with various causes of epigastric pain
- Referred loin pain - with various causes of loin pain
- Referred right iliac fossa
- Referred pulmonary pain
- Referred pleural pain
- Herpes zoster
- See also right upper quadrant abdominal pain
- Some causes of right lower quadrant abdominal pain:
- Appendicitis
- Bowel cancer
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Colitis
- Crohn's disease
- Infectious diarrhea
- Shingles
- Spinal disc disease
- Kidney stones
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Ovarian cyst
- Ovarian cancer
- Endometriosis
- See also right lower quadrant abdominal pain
- Some causes of left lower quadrant abdominal pain:
- Bowel cancer
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Colitis
- Crohn's disease
- Infectious diarrhea
- Shingles
- Spinal disc disease
- Kidney stones
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Ovarian cyst
- Ovarian cancer
- Endometriosis
- See also left lower quadrant abdominal pain
- Some causes of upper midline abdominal pain:
- Some causes of lower midline abdominal pain:
- Some causes of stomach pain (sometimes sudden or severe) include:
- Upset stomach
- Indigestion
- Stomach ulcer
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Food poisoning
- Gas
- Abdominal disorders
- Some more causes of sudden severe stomach pain or abdominal pain include:
- Some more causes of continuous severe abdominal pain (requires immediate medical attention) include:
- Perforated viscus
- Mesenteric vascular occlusion
- Acute pancreatitis
- Ruptured aortic aneurysm (type of Artery conditions)
- Some more causes of intermittent severe abdominal pain include:
- Bowel obstruction
- Partial bowel obstruction
- Gallstones
- Biliary colic (type of Biliary disorder)
- Some causes of abdominal pain with weight loss include:
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Crohn's disease
- Ulcerative colitis
- Pancreatic cancer
- Stomach cancer
- Bowel cancer
- Metastatic liver cancer (see Liver symptoms)
- See also other causes of weight loss and abdominal pain
- Some causes of abdominal pain by affected abdominal organ:
- Stomachache
- Liver pain
- Bladder pain
- Kidney pain (see Kidney symptoms)
- Pancreas pain
- Spleen pain
- Reproductive organs pain
- Pelvic pain
- Some psychosomatic causes of abdominal pain (especially in children) may include:
- Anxiety
- School fear
- Peritonitis
- Kidney infection
- Kidney disease
- Cystitis
- Intestinal obstruction
- See also causes of stomach ache, stomach cramps, abdominal bloating, side pain, groin pain, loin pain, or other abdominal symptoms
Conditions listing symptoms: Abdominal pain: The following list of conditions have 'Abdominal pain' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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Conditions listing complications: Abdominal pain: The following list of conditions have 'Abdominal pain' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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