Wilderness: Abdominal Pain

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Abdominal Pain Overview

A variety of conditions can cause abdominal pain. Abdominal pain may be caused by a variety of conditions, such as the following:

• Lungs (lower lobe pneumonias)
  
  
• Heart (angina, heart attack)
  
  
• Kidneys (kidney stones, infections)
  
  
• Stomach and intestines (gastritis; ulcers; obstruction; diverticulitis; and bacterial, parasitic, and viral infections)
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• Pancreas (pancreatitis)
  
  
• Liver (hepatitis)
  
  
• Gall bladder (gallstones)
  
  
• Appendix (appendicitis)
  
  
• Abdominal aorta (aneurysm or rupture)
  
  
• Reproductive organs (In women, infection or injury of ovaries, uterus, or vagina may cause abdominal pain. In men, prostate or testicular infections or testicular torsion can cause referred pain to the abdomen.)