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1.  Viral Gastroenteritis
Viral gastroenteritis is an inflammation of the stomach and intestines caused by one of any number of viruses...
Symptoms:
  • Pain
  • Body ache
  • Abdominal pain
  • Vomiting
  • Feels hot to touch
2.  Food Poisoning
Every year, millions of people eat food contaminated with bacteria, viruses, or parasites. The result can be ...
This condition is considered a medical emergency. Urgent care may be required.
Symptoms:
  • Headache
  • Pain
  • Abdominal pain
  • Vomiting
  • Feels hot to touch
3.  The Many Sides of Bacterial Gastroenteritis
If you have bacterial gastroenteritis, bacteria have caused an infection in your gut. This usually results in...
Symptoms:
  • Pain
  • Rectal bleeding
  • Abdominal pain
  • Vomiting
  • Feels hot to touch
4.  Appendicitis
Appendicitis is inflammation of the appendix. It may be acute or chronic. Harrison's Principles of Internal M...
This condition is considered a medical emergency. Urgent care may be required.
Symptoms:
  • Loss of appetite
  • Constipation
  • Abdominal pain
  • Vomiting
  • Feels hot to touch
5.  Cholecystitis
Cholecystitis refers to a painful inflammation of the gallbladder's wall. The disorder can occur a single tim...
Symptoms:
  • Pain
  • Nausea
  • Abdominal pain
  • Vomiting
  • Feels hot to touch
6.  Gallstones
Many people can develop gallstones and never know it. Gallstones are hard deposits in your gallbladder, a sma...
Symptoms:
  • Loss of appetite
  • Indigestion
  • Abdominal pain
  • Vomiting
  • Feels hot to touch
7.  Diverticulitis
Diverticulitis occurs when diverticula (bulging sacs that usually appear in the lining of the large intestine...
Symptoms:
  • Diarrhea
  • Black stools
  • Abdominal pain
  • Vomiting
  • Feels hot to touch
8.  Acute Pancreatitis
Chances are, you don't know a lot about your pancreas. But when the pancreas becomes inflamed, you're going t...
Symptoms:
  • Abnormal heart rhythms
  • Epigastric pain
  • Abdominal pain
  • Vomiting
  • Feels hot to touch
9.  Salmonella Food Poisoning (Salmonella Enterocolitis)
Salmonella food poisoning is an infection in the small intestine. It is also called salmonella enterocolitis ...
Symptoms:
  • Pain
  • Chills
  • Abdominal pain
  • Vomiting
  • Feels hot to touch
10.  Peritonitis
You have a thin layer of tissue covering the inside of your abdomen and most of its organs. This is called th...
This condition is considered a medical emergency. Urgent care may be required.
Symptoms:
  • Vomiting
  • Loss of appetite
  • Abdominal pain
  • Feels hot to touch
  • Nausea
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