Abdominal Pain

Home Care Advice - Expected Course
  • Reassurance
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  • Rest
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  • Clear Fluids
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  • Prepare for Vomiting
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  • Pass a BM
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  • Avoid Medicines
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  • Expected Course
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  • Call Your Doctor If
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    Expected Course

    • With harmless causes, the pain is usually better or resolved in 2 hours. With gastroenteritis (stomach flu), belly cramps may precede each bout of vomiting or diarrhea and last several days. With serious causes (such as appendicitis), the pain worsens and becomes constant.

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