Recent studies indicate that nearly 30% of emergency room visits involve abdominal pain, with a significant portion specifically relating to lower left quadrant discomfort. Gastroenterologist Dr ...

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"And as we age, we don’t make as many digestive enzymes as we used to." Reflux is when the contents of your stomach (such as acid) travel up your esophagus, which can cause heartburn. It can be ...

Abdominal migraine is a type of migraine that causes moderate to severe abdominal pain, often with nausea or vomiting. Abdominal migraines can affect anyone but are much more common in younger ...

A common area where people store fat is in the mid-section, aka the "stomach donut." It's an incredibly frustrating area to trim down, considering it's where your body seems to lose fat last. To burn ...

Abscesses associated with diverticulitis may cause fever and abdominal pain. They are treated with antibiotics and/or drainage. A fistula is a tunnel that forms in the body and connects areas of the ...

Gastritis, which basically means stomach inflammation, maybe the reason behind these symptoms. A bacterium called Helicobacter pylori is one of the main causes of stomach inflammation. If not treated ...

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They recommended that a multi-center study be conducted to help develop evidence-based guidelines for management of ileosigmoid fistula ... those with fistulizing abdominal Crohn's.

Then 20 years old and pregnant for the first time, she suffered a childbirth injury called an obstetric fistula, caused by prolonged labor without access to a C-section to end it. This left her ...

The presence of an abdominal murmur has been most extensively studied in hypertension secondary to stenosis of the renal artery. Murmurs are frequently present in such cases, but their diagnostic ...

The patient is currently in the state of tracheal stent implantation, and the coverage of the tracheal fistula is incomplete. The self-made plastic nutrition tube is placed into the stomach through ...