Abdominal Pain

(Abdominal Pain)

Pain in the abdomen could occur due to multiple causes local causes within the abdomen, causes outside the abdomen, and causes affecting the whole body. Pain originating from the abdomen could arise from the different abdominal organs like liver, gall bladder, spleen, stomach, intestines and pancreas, or from the peritoneum (the lining of various organs and the inner wall of the abdomen), or abdominal wall.
Pain varies in intensity, location, quality and duration depending on the cause. Thus, a careful history is often sufficient to diagnose the cause of pain. One of this days we shall talk more on it.