Acute pancreatitis is one of the most common causes of abdominal pain in patients presenting to the emergency room. It is an ...

The upper part of your stomach also called the upper abdomen, houses important organs like your stomach, oesophagus (the tube that connects your mouth to your stomach), liver, gallbladder, and ...

Many patients these days are frequently diagnosed with peptic ulcers based on the nature of their symptoms alone. In many instances, this approach to determining the cause of upper abdominal pain ...

A number of diagnoses were still considered possibilities as the patient underwent laparotomy. A 9-year-old boy presented to the emergency department (ED) complaining of right upper-quadrant (RUQ) ...

Indian doctors are observing an increasing number of people with gallstones, hard deposits that form inside the gallbladder, ...

The next time you complain of gastric pain, think twice before dismissing it offhand. That sporadic pain in the centre of your upper central abdomen, which seems to get worse at times, could be a ...

A woman in her mid-60s with a history of hypertension and renal failure receiving hemodialysis 3 times a week presents to the emergency department (ED) with 3 days of generalized abdominal pain and 1 ...

Pain immediately after eating is often the body's way of indicating that something in the digestive system is not functioning ...

The gallbladder acts as a storage reservoir for bile, a fluid essential for breaking down dietary fats. Biliary colic often strikes after fatty meals when the organ contracts against a blockage. Pain ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...