Method of diagnosis: the history

Question 1

pain increased by leaning back and relieved by leaning forward indicates what region?

Answer 1

retroperitoneal

Question 2

in acute abdominal lesions, apart from acute gastritis, vomiting is almost always due to one or both of which two causes?

Answer 2

• severe irritation of the peritoneal or mesenteric nerves

- obstruction of an involuntary muscular tube

Question 3

how do appendicitis and gastroenteritis differ in terms of pain and vomiting:

Answer 3

• appendicitis: pain precedes vomiting

- gastroenteritis: vomiting precedes pain