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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