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Some important causes of abdominal pain (Metabolic causes (Diabetes,…
Some important causes of abdominal pain
Pain originating in the abdomen
Parietal peritoneal inflammation
Chemical irritation
Perforated ulcer
Pancreatitis
Mittelschmerz
Bacterial contamination
Perforated appendix or other perforated viscus
Pelvic inflammatory disease
Mechanical obstruction of hollow viscera
Obstruction of small/large intestine
Obstruction of biliary tree
Obstruction of ureter
Vascular disturbances
Embolism or thrombosis
Vascular rupture
Pressure or torsional occlusion
Sickle cell anemia
Abdominal wall
Distortion or traction of mesentery
Trauma or infection of muscles
Distention of visceral surfaces
Hepatic capsules
Renal capsules
Inflammation
Appendicitis
Typhoid fever
Neutropenic enterocolitis or "typhlitis"
Neurologic/ Psychiatric causes
Herpes zoster
Tabes dorsalis
Causalgia
Radiculitis from infection or arthritis
Spinal cord or nerve root compression
Functional disorders
Psychiatric disorders
Metabolic causes
Diabetes
Uremia
Hyperlipidemia
Hyperparathyroidism
Acute adrenal insufficiency
Familial Mediterranean fever
Porphyria
C1 esterase inhibitor deficiency (angioneurotic edema)
Pain referred from extra-abdominal source
Cardiac
Acute myocardial infarction
Myocarditis, endocarditis, pericarditis
Congestive heart failure
Pulmonary
Pneumonia (esp lower lobes)
Pulmonary embolus
Pleurodynia
Pneumothorax
Empyema
Esophageal
Spasm
Rupture
Inflammation
Genitalia
Torsion of testes
Toxic causes
Lead poisoning
Insect or animal envenomation
Black widow spider bites
Snake bites
Uncertain mechanisms
Narcotic withdrawal
Heat stroke