possible causes of abdominal pain in a newborn |
Intestinal obstructions e.g volvulus, Hirshsprung, pyloric stenosis Hernia Trauma (during birth) Peritonitis (nectrotizing enterocolitis, GI perforation) Gastroesophageal reflux |
possible causes of abdominal pain in an infant (<2 years) |
Constipation Acute gastroenteritis Hernia, volvulus, intussusception Colic Toxin ingestion Trauma Respiratory illness |
possible causes of abdominal pain in a child |
Acute gastroenteritis Constipation, Intestinal obstruction Testicular torsion Respiratory illness/pneumonia Mesenteric adenitis UTI, Toxin ingestion/food poisoning, Trauma, HSP Appendicitis, pancreatitis, cholecystitis |
e possible causes of abdominal pain in adolescent |
Gastroenteritis, Trauma, dysmenorrheoa, PIV, ovarian torsion/cysts, constipation, pregnancy, testicular tosion, IBD/IBS, functional |
red flags in abdomminal pain |
Bilious vomiting Bloody stool or emesis Night time waking with abdominal pain Haemodynamic instability Weight loss persistent pain dysphagia |
queations asked for recurrent abdominal pain |
Dietary history particularly in young children Reoccurrence? PMH Sexual hx in females FH especially IBS/IBD Travel hx Social/pcyhiatric hx for potential stressors |
Non-specific acute abdominal pain |
mesenteric adenitis-Mesenteric adenitis is often diagnosed in those children in whom large mesen- teric nodes are observed and whose appendix is normal,pain is less severe than in appendicitis, and tenderness in the right iliac fossa is varia- ble- also constipation |
malrotation |
first 1–3 days of life with intestinal obstruction from Ladd bands obstructing the duodenum or volvulus |
