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Causes of Abdominal Pain

Horizontales
May be worsened or caused by gallstones, alcoholism, and eating fatty foods. Often presents as epigastric pain radiating to back.
Rip in the esophagus, often at junction with stomach that causes hematemesis. Risk factors include alcoholism, eating disorders, and forceful vomiting (3 words).
Infection of kidney, ureters, bladder, or urethra. Frequent cause of sepsis, especially in older patients (3 words).
Infection of kidneys, sometimes after untreated UTI. Patients may have fever, flank or back pain, and costovertebral tenderness.
Inflammation of liver, often caused by infection. Over time, patient may experience liver failure and jaundice.
Typically presents as right lower quadrant pain that may exhibit rebound tenderness. May be life threatening if organ ruptures.
Inflammation of the esophagus, often due to reflux of acid from the stomach. Commonly known as “heartburn”.
Verticales
Associated with stomach upset, nausea vomiting, and diarrhea that is often (but not always) caused by contaminated food.
Blockage of small or large intestine due to various causes. May cause constipation and abdominal distention (2 words).
Inflammation of gallbladder. Similar presentation to gallstones, plus a fever.
Enlarged veins in esophagus due to liver damage, often from alcoholism or hepatitis. Rupture may cause severe bleeding.
Common source of GI bleeding. Pain may subside after eating, then return. Patients may be prescribed meds ending in -prazole or -tidine (2 words).
Deposits in the kidney. Pain often in flank or back radiating to groin (2 words).
More widespread infection of biliary system. Presents similarly to cholecystitis, with addition of jaundice.
Formation of pouches in the intestine, which may become infected and cause pain.
Weakness in vessel wall causes enlargement of aorta that may rupture. “Classic” symptoms are hypotension, abdominal or back pain, and pulsatile mass in abdomen, but <50% of patients have all three.
Typically presents with RUQ pain which may refer to shoulder. Murphy’s sign may be seen.