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Causes of Abdominal pain
This section discusses 1067 medical conditions causing Abdominal pain. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.
Causes of Abdominal pain:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Abdominal pain.
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
- Premature labor
- Onset of labor
- 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
- 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
- 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 (see Spleen symptoms)
- 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
- See also left upper quadrant abdominal pain
- Some causes of right upper quadrant abdominal pain:
- Certain liver conditions
- Hepatitis
- Swollen liver
- Congestive hepatomegaly (see Liver enlargement)
- Liver tumor
- Liver abscess
- Subphrenic abscess
- Gallbladder diseases
- Gallstones
- Biliary colic
- 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 (see Abdominal symptoms)
- 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 (see Digestive symptoms)
- Gallstones
- Biliary colic
- 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
- 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
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Abdominal trauma (see Abdominal symptoms)
- Adrenal crisis
- Cholelithiasis
- Cirrhosis
- Gastric ulcer
- Heart failure
- Abdominal cancer
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Hepatic abscess
- Perforated ulcer
- Pneumothorax
- Prostatitis
- Pyelonephritis
- Renal calculi
- Sickle cell crisis
- Abdominal surgery (see Abdominal symptoms)
- Muscle tear
- Small intestine tumors
- Ileus
- Undiagnosed diabetes
- Anemia
- Haemolytic anemia
- Sickle cell anemia
- Thalassemia
- Anaphylaxis
- Emotional upset
- Depression
- Underactive parathyroid gland
- Addison's disease
- Botulism
- Hypersplenism
- Femoral hernia
- Inguinal hernia
- Testicular torsion
- Intestional obstruction
- Common cold
- URTI
- UTI
Causes of Abdominal pain listed in Disease Database:
Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible
causes of Abdominal pain as a symptom include:
- Acipimox
- Acute angle-closure glaucoma
- Acute intermittent porphyria
- Alosetron
- Alpha heavy chain disease
- Ancylostoma caninum
- Angioedema (acquired)
- Angiomyolipoma
- Angiostrongyliasis
- Anisakiasis
- Aortic aneurysm, abdominal
- Apolipoprotein C-II deficiency
- Appendicitis
- Arsenic trioxide
- Arsenicals
- Ascariasis
- Aspirin
- Bacillary dysentery
- Bethanechol
- Bornholm disease
- Bowel strangulation
- Braxton Hick's contraction
- Breech presentation
- C1 esterase inhibitor (C1-INH) deficiency
- Campylobacter jejuni
- Carbon monoxide toxicity
- Carbon tetrachloride
- Carcinoid tumours and carcinoid syndrome
- Chandipura virus
- Chester porphyria
- Chilaiditi's syndrome
- Chloroquine
- Cholangiocarcinoma
- Cholangitis
- Cholecystitis
- Choledochal cyst
- Choledocholithiasis
- Cholelithiasis
- Churg-Strauss syndrome
- Ciprofloxacin
- Cisapride
- Clonorchiasis
- Colchicine
- Colitis cystica profunda
- Collagenous colitis
- Colonic diverticulitis
- Colonic pseudoobstruction
- Colorectal cancer
- Constipation
- Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis
- Copper salts
- Coproporphyria, hereditary
- Crohn's disease
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Curling's ulcers
- Cushing's syndrome
- Cushing's ulcers
- Cystitis
- Cystitis, infective
- Degos' disease
- Diabetes mellitus type 2
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Dicrocoelium dendriticum fluke
- Dientamoeba fragilis
- Digoxin
- Down syndrome
- Dubin-Johnson syndrome
- Duodenal ulcer
- Dysmenorrhoea
- Echinococcus granulosus
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Embolism
- Endometriosis
- Entacapone
- Entamoeba histolytica
- Eosinophilic gastroenteritis
- Epstein-Barr virus
- Ergotamine
- Ethanol
- Ezetimibe
- Fabry's disease
- Familial hypertriglyceridaemia
- Fasciola hepatica
- Femoral hernia
- Fitz-Hugh Curtis syndrome
- Fructose intolerance
- Functional disorders
- Gall bladder rupture
- Gallbladder empyema
- Gastric ulcer
- Gastric volvulus
- Gastroduodenal ulcers
- Gastroenteritis
- Gastroesophageal reflux
- Gastrointestinal perforation
- Gemeprost
- Glomerulonephritis
- Haematocolpos
- Haematometra
- Haemochromatosis
- Hematosalpinx
- Henoch-Schönlein purpura
- Hepatic vein thrombosis
- Hepatitis A
- Heterophyiasis
- Hibernian fever, familial
- Hypercalcaemia
- Hyperimmunoglobulinemia D and periodic fever syndrome
- IgA nephropathy
- Ileus
- Iliac artery aneurysm
- Indomethacin
- Infectious mononucleosis
- Inguinal hernia
- Intestinal ischaemia
- Intestinal volvulus
- Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy
- Intususception of intestine
- Iron compounds
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Ischaemic heart disease
- Labour (normal)
- Lactase deficiency
- Laparotomy
- Large bowel obstruction
- Lassa fever
- Lead
- Lipoprotein lipase deficiency
- Liver abscess
- Liver cancer, primary
- Lymphogranuloma venereum
- Malakoplakia
- Malaria (malignant tertian)
- Mallory-Weiss syndrome
- Meckel diverticulitis
- Melarsoprol
- Mesenteric adenitis
- Mesenteric venous thrombosis
- Metagonimiasis
- Methysergide
- Migraine
- Miscarriage
- Misoprostol
- Mittelschmerz
- Muckle-Wells syndrome
- Mumps
- Myoneurogastrointestinal encephalopathy syndrome
- Nephroblastoma
- Nephrolithiasis
- Norfloxacin
- Nutcracker syndrome of left renal vein
- Obturator hernia
- Oesophagitis
- Oesophagostomiasis
- Ondansetron
- Opisthorchiasis
- Organophosphates
- Osteitis pubis
- Ovarian cancer
- Ovarian cyst
- Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
- Ovarian torsion
- Pancreatic cancer
- Pancreatic pseudocyst
- Pancreatitis, acute
- Pancreatitis, chronic
- Papillary necrosis
- Paragonimiasis
- Paroxysmal cold haemoglobinuria
- Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Perihepatitis
- Peritoneal adhesions
- Peritonitis
- Phlegmonous gastritis
- Placental abruption
- Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis
- Pneumonia
- Poison hemlock
- Polyarteritis nodosa
- Polycystic kidney disease, adult (autosomal dominant)
- Porphobilinogen synthase deficiency
- Pramlintide
- Prednisolone
- Premenstrual syndrome
- Primaquine
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Proguanil
- Pyelonephritis, acute
- Pyrimethamine
- Quinidine
- Quinine
- Recurrent hereditary polyserositis
- Renal infarction
- Renal oncocytoma
- Renal vein thrombosis
- Retroperitoneal haemorrhage
- Rivastigmine
- Rofecoxib
- Salmonella
- Sexual abuse
- Sickle cell crisis (abdominal / sequestration)
- Sickle cell crisis (thrombotic)
- Sickle cell disease
- Simple renal cyst
- Small bowel lymphoma
- Small bowel obstruction
- Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction
- Spinal cord injury, acute
- Splenic infarction
- Splenic rupture
- Splenosis
- Stomach cancer
- Subdiaphragmatic abscess
- Sulphasalazine
- Superior mesenteric artery occlusion
- Tabes dorsalis
- Tegafur
- Teniasis
- Testicular torsion
- Tetrodotoxin
- Thallium
- Toxic megacolon
- Toxocariasis
- Typhlitis
- Typhoid fever
- Ulcerative colitis
- Urinary tract infection
- Urine retention
- Uterine fibroid red degeneration
- Uterine rupture
- Valproic acid
- Varicella-zoster virus
- Variegate porphyria
- Vibrio parahaemolyticus
- Viral haemorrhagic fever
- Wandering spleen
- Water hemlock poisoning
- Whipple's disease
- Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis
- Yersinia enterocolitica
- Zafirlukast
- Zinc
- Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
- Zotepine
Conditions listing medical 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.
