Which symptoms of abdominal pain are causes for concern?
Where your belly hurts -- left or right, up or down -- can tell you a lot about why it hurts. In this video, gastroenterologist Dr. Lisa Ganjhu explains when you should be concerned about abdominal pain.
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The pain that I really worry about is that sharp, colicky pain that goes up into your shoulder blades or into your shoulder itself
is really alarming. And if you've got any fevers to go along with it, you really need to go to the emergency room. [MUSIC PLAYING]
So we all get abdominal pain at some time or another. Now, the problem is we don't know when to really go to the doctor when we have abdominal pain.
Some things you need to think about when you have abdominal pain are that are there any other symptoms that go along with it.
So if you have pain, like, say, in your right upper quadrant, which is associated with nausea and vomiting,
or if you vomit up any blood, you need to go to the emergency room to get evaluated because you may have either gallstone disease or an ulcer.
Now, if you have pain on the right lower quadrant of your abdomen or have fever or just feel very sick,
then you really need to go to the emergency room to make sure you don't have appendicitis.
The pain that I really worry about is that sharp, colicky pain that goes up into your shoulder blades or into your shoulder itself
is really alarming. And if you've got any fevers to go along with it, you really need to go to the emergency room. [MUSIC PLAYING]
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