Acute abdominal pain is, in the majority of cases, due
to an inflammation or rupture of an organ located in the abdomen and is always
a medical emergency.
The abdomen is a cavity that harbours organs such as
the liver, pancreas, intestines, uterus, ovaries, blood vessels, etc.
The main causes of acute abdominal pain are:
It is the inflammation of a small saccule located in
the lower right ride of the abdominal cavity, it presents itself as a severe
pain that is sometimes accompanied by vomiting and a slight rise in body
temperature. It is commonly suffered by children and young people.
- Ruptured
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.
It is consists of a dilation and rupture of the Aorta,
which is the biggest major blood vessel located in the abdomen.
It has similar symptoms to those of appendicitis with
the only difference being that it emerges in males older than 60 that are
hypertensive and smokers.
The diverticulum of the colon, usually found in older
adults, consists of a dilation of the walls of the colon causing acute
abdominal pain, high fever, nausea, vomiting, etc. when they are inflamed. In
the majority of cases the pain is located on the lower left side of the abdomen,
which is why it is also called ‘appendicitis of the left side’.
The development of the embryo where it should not be, meaning
that the embryo develops in the fallopian tubes instead of in the uterus. Acute
abdominal pain is accompanied by vaginal bleeding and dizziness.
Acute cholecystitis is an acute pain located in the
right side of the abdomen, which radiates to the back. It is usually caused by
the obstruction of gallstones in the gallbladder, which is an organ that is
located below the liver. Other symptoms that can emerge in cholecystitis are:
fever, nausea and vomiting.
It is an acute inflammation of the pancreas, characterised
for a cross-cutting pain in the upper part of the abdomen, which the patient
describes it as the feeling of being stabbed by a knife. It radiates to the
back and it is generally presented through stones flushed through the
gallbladder and through great ingestions of alcohol.
Nauseas and vomiting are symptoms that they are
accompanied by.
Other pathologies that can produce acute abdominal
pain are perforated gastric ulcers, torsion of abdominal and inguinal hernias,
inflammatory diseases of the colon, tumours, ovarian ruptures, acute
pyelonephritis, abdominal traumas, etc.
Eventhough all of the pathologies that can cause acute
abdominal pain will be explored further in upcoming articles, having a basic
idea of them can always help us to save a life.
Dr J. Hurtado Martínez
Medical Director of HealthSalus
Acute abdominal pain is, in the majority of cases, due
to an inflammation or rupture of an organ located in the abdomen and is always
a medical emergency.
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