Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain
Surgical:
- Acute appendicitis
- Intestinal obstruction including intussusception
- Inguinal hernia
- Peritonitis
- Inflamed Meckel diverticulum
- Pancreatitis
- Trauma
Medical:
- Non-specific abdominal pain
- Gastroenteritis
- Urinary tract:
• urinary tract infection
• acute pyelonephritis
• hydronephrosis
• renal calculus
- Henoch—Schönlein purpura
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
- Sickle cell disease
- Hepatitis
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Constipation
- Recurrent abdominal pain of childhood
- Gynaecological in pubertal females
- Psychological
- Lead poisoning
- Acute porphyria (rare)
- Unknown
Extra-abdominal:
- Upper respiratory tract infection
- Lower lobe pneumonia
- Torsion of the testis
- Hip and spine
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