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Latest revision as of 21:06, 20 July 2020

For COVID-19 frequently asked outpatient questions, click here
For COVID-19 frequently asked inpatient questions, click here

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Javaria Anwer M.D.[2]

Overview

Abdominal pain is a vast entity and a challenge to clinicians. It may be associated with other symptoms such as anorexia, nausea and fever. Abdominal pain associated with COVID-19 must be differentiated from other diseases such as hepatitis, Ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease and Cinfectious diarrhea.

Differential Diagnosis

COVID-19 associated abdominal pain must be differentiated from other diseases that also cause abdominal pain such as:[1][2]

Disease Differentiating features
Hepatitis
Crohn's disease
Ulcerative colitis
Infectious diarrhea


  • To view the differential diagnosis of abdominal pain click here

References

  1. Occhipinti V, Pastorelli L (May 2020). "Challenges in the Care of IBD Patients During the CoViD-19 Pandemic: Report From a "Red Zone" Area in Northern Italy". Inflamm. Bowel Dis. 26 (6): 793–796. doi:10.1093/ibd/izaa084. PMC 7188155 Check |pmc= value (help). PMID 32314792 Check |pmid= value (help).
  2. Ponnurangam Nagarajan V, Palaniyadi A, Sathyamoorthi M, Sasitharan R, Shuba S, Padur Sivaraman R, Scott JX (2012). "Pleural effusion - An unusual cause". Australas Med J. 5 (7): 369–72. doi:10.4066/AMJ.2012.1024. PMC 3413004. PMID 22905065.