Abdomen Tables Flashcards
Abdominal pain that is poorly localized periumbilical (mild but increasing) then move to RLQ (steady and severe)
Acute appendicits
Abdominal pain that is in the RUQ and may radiate to the right scapula. Is steady and aching.
Acute Cholecysitis
Where would someone feel pain with a small bowel obstruction?
Periumbilical or upper abdominal
Where would someone feel pain with a colon obstruction?
Lower abdominal or generalized
What type pain is epigastric or RUQ; may radiate to the right scapula. It is steady, aching and not colicky.
Biliary Colic
What two types of abdominal pain are steady and deep?
Chornic pancreatitis
Cancer of the pancreas
What type abdominal pain is felt in the left lower quadrant?
Acute diverticulitis
What type pain is felt in the chest or epigastric and has a burning quality?
GERD
Where is pain from stomach cancer often felt?
“cardia” and GE junction; also in distal stomach
What type abdominal pain is in the epigastric (may radiate to back) and have a variable quality including gnawing, burning, aching, pressing, hungerlike.
Peptic Ulcer and Dyspepsia
Most cancers of the stomach and pancreas present as?
Adenocarcinoma
What type pain is due to a sudden obstruction of the cystic duct or common bile duct by a gallstone?
Biliary Colic
What type abdominal pain is due to blood supply to the bowel and messentery being blocked or reduced?
Mesenteric Ischemia
What type ulcer is more likely to cause pain that wakes a person up and night and occurs intermittently over a few weeks, disappears, then recurs?
Duodenal ulcer
What type pain has a rapid onset over a few minutes to several hours and often recurs.
Biliary Colic
Alcohol, heavy, or fatty meals often aggravates this type of abdominal pain
Chronic pancreatitis
leaning forward with trunk flexed might help with these three types of abdominal pain.
Acute pancreatitis
Chronic pancreatitis
Cancer of the pancreas
What type of abdominal pain is not relieved by food or antacids?
Cancer of the stomach
3 reasons constipation can be caused by life styles and habits.
- Inadequate time or setting for defecation reflex
- False expectations of bowel habits
- Diet deficient in fiber
What are the three types of IBS?
- Predominately diarrhea
- Predominately constipation
- Mixed
What type of constipation shows signs of bleeding, pencil shaped stools, weight loss?
Cancer of the rectum or sigmoid colon
What type of constipation is due to a large, firm, immovable fecal mass and presents with rectal fullness. Commonly seen in bed-ridden patients.
Fecal impaction
What are three metabolic conditions that can lead to constipation?
Pregnancy
Hypothyroidism
Hypercalcemia
How long does acute diarrhea last for?
Less than or equal to 14 days