| TYPES OF ABDOMINAL PAIN |
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| • | Visceral |
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| – | originates
in abdominal organs covered by peritoneum |
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| • | Colic |
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| – | crampy
pain |
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| • | Parietal |
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| – | from
irritation of parietal peritoneum |
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| • | Referred |
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| – | produced
by pathology in one location felt at another |
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