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| a condition of sudden onset of pain within the abdomen, usually indicating peritonitis; immediate medical or surgical treatment is necessary |
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| a swelling or enlargement of a part of an artery, resulting from weakening of the arterial wall |
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| lack of appetite for food is called? |
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| inflammation of the appendix |
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| inflammation of the gallbladder |
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| acute, intermittent cramping abdominal pain |
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| inflammation of the bladder |
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| bulging out of intestinal rings in small pockets at weak areas in the muscle walls, creating abdominal discomfort |
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| involuntary muscle contrations (spasm) of the abdominal wall, an effort to protect the inflamed abdomen |
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| the protrusion of a loop of an organ or tissue through an abnormal body opening |
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| paralysis of the bowel, arising from any one of several causes; stops contractions that move material through the intestine |
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inflammation of the pancreas
caused by a blocking gallstone, alcohol abuse, and other diseases.
because the pancreas is retroperitoneal pain is often referred to the back |
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| the membrane lining the abdominal cavity and covering the abdominal organs |
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| inflamation (irritation) of the peritoneum. Any foreign material such as blood, pus, bile, pancreatic juice, or amniotic fluid, can cause irritation of the peritoneum. |
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| pain felt in an area of the body other than the area where the cause of pain is located |
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| complete obstruction of blood circulation in a given organ as a result of compression or entrapment; an emergency situation causing death of tissue |
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| erosion of the stomach or intestinal lining |
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| lines the abdominal cavity |
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| covers the organs themselves |
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| A liquid that is made in the abdominal cavity to lubricate the surface of the tissue that lines the abdominal wall and pelvic cavity and covers most of the organs in the abdomen |
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behind the peritoneum.
organs such as kidneys, ovaries, and the pancreas |
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| the most common abdominal problems |
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| can form and block the outlet from the gallbladder, causing pain. If they dont pass can lead to severe inflammation of the gallbladder called cholecystitis |
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| forms digestive juices and insulin |
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| the pain, tenderness, and abdominal distention associated with an acute abdomen are signs of? |
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| ______________ may be caused by any condition that allows pus, blood, feces, urine, gastric juice, intestinal contents, bile, pancreatic juice, amniotic fluid, or other foreign material to lie within or adjacent to the peritoneum |
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| signs and symptoms of acute abdomen |
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| pain, nausea, vomiting, and a tense, distended abdomen |
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| common causes of an acute abdomen |
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| appendicitis, perforated ulcer, cholecystitis, strangulated hernia, and diverticulitis. |
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| Pain that occurs because of the connections between the two different nervous systems supplying the parietal peritoneum and the visceral peritoneum is called? |
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| You do not give the patient with acute abdomen anything by mouth because? |
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| The bowel is likely paralyzed, making it impossible for food to pass out of the stomach |
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| the bladder infection more common in women is? |
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| ovaries, fallopian tubes, or uterus |
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| Always consider a woman with lower abdominal pain and tenderness may have a problem related to her? |
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| pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) |
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| A common cause of an acute abdomen in women that is an infection of the fallopian tubes and surrounding tissues of the pelvis is? |
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| When a fertilized egg has come to lie in an area outside the uterus usually a fallopian tube |
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| hernias can occur as a result of: |
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congenital defect, as around the umbilicus
a surgical wound that has failed to heal properly
some natural weakness in an area such as in the groin |
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| When the hernia disappears back into the body cavity in which it belongs the hernia is said to be? |
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| If a hernia cannot be pushed back within the body this is said to be? |
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| signs and symptoms of a serious hernia problem: |
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- a clear statment that a mass that was reducible can no longer be pushed back inside the body
- pain at the hernia site
- tenderness when the hernia is palpated
- red or blue skin discoloration over the hernia |
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| When nothing eaten can pass normally out of the stomach or through the bowel the only way the stomach can empty itself is by? |
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| loss of appetite (anorexia) |
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| a universal complaint in gastrointestinal and abdominal disease or injury? |
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| tachycardia and hypotension |
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| If peritonitis has progressed a patient will present with _________ |
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| common signs and symptoms of an acute abdomen: |
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- local or diffuse abdominal pain and/or tenderness
- a quiet patient who is guarding the abdomen (in shock)
- anorexia, nausea, vomiting
- tense, often distended, abdomen
- constipation or bloody diarrhea
- hypotension
- fever
- rebound tenderness |
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| sensory nerves from the spinal cord to the skin and muscles are part of the: |
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| abdominal aortic aneurysm |
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| severe back pain may be associate with - |
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| the peritoneal membrane that can perceive the sensations of pain, pressure,and cold is the: |
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