Appendicitis&IBD&PU

Question 1

What are extra abdominal causes that cause abdominal pain?

Answer 1

Lower lobe pneumonia
DKA
UTI: Acute pyelonephritis

Question 2

What is the commonest cause of surgical abdominal pain in childhood?

And its common in which age group?

What is the mechanism?

Answer 2

Acute appendicitis

3 years or more (not less than 3 years)