Epigastric pain
Epigastric pain: Introduction
Epigastric pain: Pain located in the upper and middle region of the abdomen.
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Causes of Epigastric pain:
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causes of Epigastric pain.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
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Causes of Types of Epigastric pain:
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Causes of General Symptom Types
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Epigastric pain
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Medical Books Excerpts
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Medical Books Excerpts
- Dyspepsia
- "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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- Dyspepsia
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Abdominal Pain
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Epigastric Distress
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- Abdominal pain
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Dyspepsia
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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- Abdominal Pain
- "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
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- Dyspepsia
- "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Epigastric pain: Self Assessment Tools
Epigastric pain: Medical Mistakes
Epigastric pain: Undiagnosed Conditions
Conditions that are commonly undiagnosed in related areas may include:
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Misdiagnosis and Epigastric pain
Heart attacks can be undiagnosed: Although the most severe symptoms of heart attack are hard to miss,
there are varying degrees of severity.
It is altogether too common for people to die from...read more »
Heart attacks can be overdiagnosed: Although many people die from heart attacks, there are also
many cases where people fear that they have a heart attack, but actually have something milder.
Some of the conditions which may be causes of chest pain,...read more »
Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms
of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that...read more »
Rare heart condition often undiagnosed: The rare heart condition called long QT syndrome can lead to episodes of palpitations
and rapid heartbeat.
In rare cases, this undiagnosed condition can be fatal.
It should be considered for any...read more »
Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea
is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called intestinal imbalance.
The digestive system contains a variety of "good"...read more »
Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely
to cause some level of diarrhea in patients.
The reason is that...read more »
Heart attack can be over-diagnosed: Although heart attack is often undiagnosed,
leading to fatality, it can also be over-diagnosed.
People become concerned...read more »
Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down
with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. food poisoning).
In fact, it's more likely to be an infectious diarrheal illness (i.e. infectious...read more »
Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the
more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over...read more »
Leg cramps at night a classic sign: The symptom of having leg muscle cramps,
particularly at night, is a classic sign of undiagnosed diabetes.
However, there are also various other...read more »
Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue
with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used to test blood pressure.
The "cuff" around the...read more »
Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive
conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a variety of symptoms (see symptoms of
celiac disease). A variety of other ...read more »
Hypertension misdiagnosis common in children: Hypertension is often
misdiagnosed in adults (see misdiagnosis of hypertension), but its misdiagnosis is even more likely in children.
Some of the symptoms of hypertension...read more »
Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent
difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases.
Some of the better known possibilities are peptic ulcer, colon cancer, irritable...read more »
Epigastric pain could be dangerous: Pain in the epigastic region could be due to something as simple as reflux disesea or more serious entities such as rupture of an aortic aneurysm or cancer of stomach. The onset of...read more »
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Epigastric pain: Related Rare Diseases
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Medications or substances causing Epigastric pain:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Epigastric pain as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
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medications causing Epigastric pain
Detailed list of causes of Epigastric pain
The list below shows some of the causes of Epigastric pain mentioned in various sources:
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causes of Epigastric pain
How Common are these Causes of Epigastric pain?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Epigastric pain.
Of the 91
causes of Epigastric pain that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 2
causes are "very common" diseases
- 8
causes are "common" diseases
- 0
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 1
causes are "rare" diseases
- 3
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 86
causes have no prevalence information.
See the analysis of the prevalence of 91
causes of Epigastric pain
Conditions listing symptoms: Epigastric pain:
The following list of conditions
have 'Epigastric 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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Ankylostomiasis
... epigastric painC
Callistin shellfish poisoning
... epigastric painCeliac artery stenosis from compression by median arcuate ligament of diaphragm
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - 1,2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Acrinathrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - alpha-Cypermethrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Barthrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Beta-cyfluthrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - beta-Cypermethrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Bifenthrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Bioallethrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Bioehtanomethrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Biopermethrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Bioresmethrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Cismethrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Cyclethrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Cyfluthrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Cyhalothrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Cyllprothrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Cyphenothrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Deltamethrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Dimefluthrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Dimethrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Empenthrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Esfenvalerate
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Fenfluthrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Fenpirithrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Fenpropathrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Fenvalerate
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Flucythrinate
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Flufenprox
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Fluvalinate
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Furethrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - gamma-Cyhalothrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Halfenprox
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Imiprothrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - lambda-Cyhalothrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Methylene Dianiline
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Metofluthrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Nickel Carbonyl
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Prallethrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Profluthrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Protrifenbute
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Pyresmethrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Pyrethroid
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Silafluofen
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Tau-Fluvalinate
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Tefluthrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - theta-Cypermethrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Tralomethrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Transfluthrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Transpermethrin
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - Vinyl Choride
... epigastric painChemical poisoning - zeta-Cypermethrin
... epigastric painCopper toxicity
... epigastric painCrohn's disease of the esophagus
... epigastric painF
Fascioliasis
... epigastric painG
Gastric lymphoma
... epigastric painH
Helicobacter pylori bacteria
... Epigastric painJ
Janbon syndrome
... epigastric painL
Lymphoma, Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue
... epigastric painM
Mediastinitis
... epigastric painP
Pylephlebitis
... epigastric painS
Sandifer syndrome
... epigastric painStrongyloidiasis
... epigastric painZ
Zieve syndrome
... epigastric painZollinger-Ellison syndrome
... Epigastric pain
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Causes of Epigastric pain Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Epigastric pain based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
Classifications of Epigastric pain:
Medical Conditions associated with Epigastric pain:
Abdominal pain (2090 causes), Chest pain (785 causes), Heartburn (131 causes), Pain (5609 causes), Digestive symptoms (4367 causes), Abdominal symptoms (3099 causes), Heart symptoms (2438 causes), Common symptoms (7717 causes), Breathing symptoms (2775 causes), Chest symptoms (1043 causes), Burning symptoms (413 causes), Paresthesias (415 causes), Sensations (5876 causes), Respiratory symptoms (3282 causes), Tingling (803 causes), Nerve symptoms (6219 causes), Breath symptoms (2667 causes)
Symptoms related to Epigastric pain:
Abdominal pain (2090 causes), Reflux, Heartburn (131 causes), Chest pain (785 causes), Pain abdomen, Abdominal discomfort (90 causes), Abdominal distention (50 causes), Bloating (425 causes), Peptic ulcer, Acidity, GERD, Gastroesophageal reflux disease
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