Diagnosaurus
Abdominal pain, generalized
DDx
Don’t miss
- Urinary tract infection test
- Intestinal ischemia
- Peritonitis
- Intestinal obstruction
- Perforated viscus
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm
DDX
- Gastritis
- Gastroenteritis
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Pancreatitis
- Peritonitis
- Intestinal ischemia
- Constipation
- Urinary tract infection
- Intestinal obstruction
- Perforated viscus, eg, peptic ulcer, appendix, gallbladder, diverticulitis
- Physical or sexual abuse
- Abdominal abscess
- Ruptured ectopic pregnancy
- Ruptured spleen
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Hypercalcemia
- Uremia
- Parasitic infection, eg, Giardia, Strongyloides, Ascaris, tapeworms
- Adrenal insufficiency
- Lead poisoning
- Iron toxicity
- Polyarteritis nodosa
- Henoch-Schönlein purpura
- Porphyria, eg, acute intermittent porphyria
- Familial Mediterranean fever
- Black widow spider bite
See related DDx
Last updated: February 24, 2015
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Abdominal Pain, Generalized." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2015. Medicine Central, im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114445/all/Abdominal_pain__generalized.
Zeiger RFR. Abdominal pain, generalized. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114445/all/Abdominal_pain__generalized. Accessed December 5, 2023.
Zeiger, R. F. (2015). Abdominal pain, generalized. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114445/all/Abdominal_pain__generalized
Zeiger RFR. Abdominal Pain, Generalized [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2015. [cited 2023 December 05]. Available from: https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114445/all/Abdominal_pain__generalized.
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