Abdominal Pain in Children: Abdominal pain in children can range from trivial to life-threatening. Some possible causes of abdominal pain in children are:
- infections,
- food related (food allergy or food poisoning),
- poisoning from medication,
- food,
- household products,
- appendicitis,
- diabetes, or
- spider bites.
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- Colitis
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- Flatulence (Gas)
- Food Allergy
- Frequent Urination
- Gastroenteritis
- Indigestion
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
- Iron Poisoning
- Poisoning
- Rash
- Rectal Bleeding
- Skin Rashes in Children
- Stool Color Changes
- Testicular Pain
- Testicular Torsion
- Vomiting and Nausea
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Appendicitis The cause of appendicitis is not clear. Common symptoms of appendicitis include vague abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, fever, constipation, diarrhea. Some people have no symptoms of appendicitis. Treatment for appendicitis is generally an appendectomy (removal of the appendix).
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