Upper Abdominal Pain
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Upper Abdominal Pain Underlying Cause
Many conditions can cause upper
abdominal pain
.
Causes of
middle-upper abdominal pain
include:
Abdominal wall muscle strain
Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Acute pancreatitis
Gallbladder disease
Gastric cancer
Gastritis
Gastroenteritis
Heart attack
Hepatitis
Hiatal hernia
Intestinal obstruction
Irritable bowel syndrome
Liver cancer
Pancreatic cancer
Peptic ulcer disease
Perforated ulcer
Reflux esophagitis
Ulcerative colitis
Causes of
right upper abdominal pain
include:
Abdominal wall strain
Crohn's disease
Gallbladder disease
Hepatitis
Kidney stone
Liver
abscess
Liver cancer
Peptic ulcer disease
Pyelonephritis
Right lower lobe
pneumonia
Causes of
left upper abdominal pain
include:
Abdominal wall strain
Colon cancer
Constipation
Crohn's disease
Diverticulitis
Intestinal obstruction
Irritable bowel syndrome
Kidney stone
Left lower lobe
pneumonia
Leukemia
Pyelonephritis
Ruptured spleen
Splenic abscess
Ulcerative colitis
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Upper Abdominal Pain Anatomy
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Last Updated: Oct 22, 2008
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Authors:
Stephen J. Schueler, MD
;
John H. Beckett, MD
;
D. Scott Gettings, MD
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