What may increase your risk for problems from abdominal pain?
Many conditions, lifestyle choices, medications, and diseases interfere with your ability to heal or fight infection. You may be at risk for a more serious problem from your symptoms if you have any of the following. Be sure to tell your health professional.
Conditions
- Are pregnant
- Are older than age 60
- History of ectopic pregnancy
- Previous abdominal surgery
Lifestyle choices
- Alcohol abuse or withdrawal
- Drug abuse or withdrawal
Medications
- Corticosteroids, such as prednisone
- Medications to prevent organ transplant rejection
- Medications used to treat cancer (chemotherapy)
- Radiation therapy
Diseases
- Blood vessel disease (vascular disease)
- Cancer
- Diabetes
- Diverticulosis
- Gallbladder disease
- Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Heart disease
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
- Inflammatory bowel disease, such as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis
- Ischemic bowel disease
- Pancreatitis
- Sickle cell disease
- Stomach ulcers
| Author: | Jan Nissl, RN, BS | Last Updated: April 9, 2007 |
| Medical Review: | William M. Green, MD - Emergency Medicine Jerome B. Simon, MD, FRCPC, FACP - Gastroenterology | |
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