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Referred pain, also called reflective pain, [1] is pain perceived at a location other than the site of the painful stimulus.An example is the case of angina pectoris brought on by a myocardial infarction (heart attack), where pain is often felt in the left side of neck, left shoulder, and back rather than in the thorax (chest), the site of the injury.
Abdominal pain can be referred to as visceral pain or peritoneal pain. The contents of the abdomen can be divided into the foregut , midgut , and hindgut . [ 14 ] The foregut contains the pharynx , lower respiratory tract , portions of the esophagus , stomach , portions of the duodenum (proximal), liver , biliary tract (including the ...
Referred pain is sharper, better localized, and less likely to be accompanied by autonomic or emotional signs. [10] [12] A good example of visceral pain that is common place and embodies the wide spectrum of clinical presentations discussed above is a myocardial infarction (MI), more commonly known as a heart
Lower left abdominal pain can have many causes, ranging from minor to serious, says Andrew Boxer, M.D., gastroenterologist of Gastroenterology Associates of New Jersey. Common causes include:
Abdominal pain is one of the top reasons people seek medical treatment—and no wonder: It could be anything from a pulled muscle to a life-threatening aneurysm. Check out the 10 types of pain you ...
abdominal mass and/or pain: Am J Med Sci 174 (1927): 579–599: supine patient lifts head from bed;↑ pain – abdominal wall ;↓ pain – intraperitoneal Carvallo's sign: José Manuel Rivero Carvallo: cardiology: tricuspid regurgitation: increase in volume of murmur on inspiration Casal collar: Gaspar Casal: nutrition: pellagra (niacin ...
Boas' sign can also indicate stomach and duodenal disease. When the transverse processes of thoracic vertebrae T10-T12 are pressed or effleuraged with the bottom of the hand, pain can appear at the left of spinous processes (in stomach's lesser curvature ulcer) or at the right (in pyloric or duodenal ulcer). [7]
Blumberg's sign (also referred to as rebound tenderness or Shchetkin–Blumberg's sign) is a clinical sign in which there is pain upon removal of pressure rather than application of pressure to the abdomen. (The latter is referred to simply as abdominal tenderness.) It is indicative of peritonitis.