Abdominal Pain and Vomiting

Abdominal pain and vomiting in an elderly diabetic woman

Gall stone ileus is a mechanical bowel obstruction caused by passage of gall stones from the biliary system through a biliaryenteric fistula with impaction within lumen of the bowel. It is an uncommon complication of biliary stone disease, accounting for only 2% of all cases of intestinal obstruction. Gall stone ileus is, however, more common in the elderly and accounts for approximately 25% of...

Abdominal pain and vomiting in an elderly diabetic woman.

A 82 year old white woman was admitted with a history of heartburn nausea and vomiting of three days’ duration. She also complained of pain in her lower abdomen. She was being treated for type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and atrial fibrillation. Her medication consisted of metformin, tolbutamide, digoxin, aspirin, and bendrofluazide. She had previously had an ultrasound scan of her abdom...

Abdominal migraine and cyclical vomiting.

Vomiting and abdominal pain are symptoms that may arise from a number of different causes. Cyclical vomiting and abdominal migraine are terms that have been applied to a presentation characterized by its episodic pattern and intervals of complete health. The 2 share many clinical features, but it is important to distinguish them as they have different responses to therapies such as prophylactic...

Abdominal Pain during Pregnancy

بیشتر زنان حامله بدلیل تغییرات معده و روده در دوران حاملگی دچار دردشکم می شوند. انتظار می رود که تهوع، سوزش سردل و یبوست وجود داشته باشد و بعنوان رویدادهای مشخصی دوران حاملگی در نظر گرفته شوند. دردهای شکمی می توانند بدخیم و مشکل ساز باشند. درد پهلو با بالای شکم می تواند نشان دهنده آپاندیسیت یا کله سیستیت که دو علت شایع برای عمل جراحی شکم در زنان حامله می باشند با نشان دهنده اتساع بیش از حد حال...

A 5-year-old boy with vomiting, abdominal pain, and fatigue.