Misdiagnosis of Hidden Causes of Peritonitis

Underlying conditions list:

The list of possible underlying conditions mentioned in various sources for Peritonitis includes:

• Abdominal wound
• Abdominal perforation
• Perforated ulcer
• Pelvic inflammation disease
• Tuberculosis
• Septicemia - less common to get the infection spread by the blood.

Other underlying conditions related to Peritonitis:

• Abdominal pain
• Alkaline phosphatase levels raised (plasma or serum)
• Amylase levels raised (plasma or serum)
• Hiccups
• Ileus
• Lipase levels raised (plasma)
• Liver abscess
• Peritoneal adhesions
• Septic shock

Source: Diseases Database

Peritonitis as a complication:

Other conditions that might have Peritonitis as a complication might be potential underlying conditions. The list of conditions listing Peritonitis as a complication includes:

• Acute Appendicitis
• Annular pancreas
• Bacteremia
• Balantidiasis
• Bowel Obstruction
• Campylobacter fetus infection
• Campylobacter jejuni infection
• Colonic volvulus
• Crohn's disease
• Cytosine arabinose syndrome
• Digestive duplication
• Diverticular Disease
• Diverticulosis of the ileum
• Edwardsiella tarda infection
• Gonorrhea
• Group A Streptococcal Infections
• Hernia
• Intestinal obstruction
• Meckel's diverticulum
• Nephrotic syndrome
• Ovarian cysts
• Pasteurella multocida
• Peptic Ulcer
• Salpingitis
• Streptococcal Infections
• Tuberculosis
• Typhoid fever
• Ulcerative colitis

Peritonitis Causes: Book Excerpts

• Causes - Peritonitis
• Peritonitis - risk factors - Peritonitis

Peritonitis as a symptom:

Conditions listing Peritonitis as a symptom may also be potential underlying conditions.

You may also want to research other symptoms in our Symptoms Center.

• Abdominal cystic lymphangioma
• Amebiasis
• Aureobasidium pullulans exposure
• Degos Disease
• Distal colorectal cancer
• Drug-resistant Streptococcus Pneumoniae Disease
• Fallopian tube conditions
• Fistula
• Hamartomatous colorectal cancer
• Leukocyte adhesion deficiency type 1
• Microsporidiosis
• Proximal colorectal cancer
• Sporadic colorectal cancer

About underlying conditions:

With a diagnosis of Peritonitis, it is important to consider whether there is an underlying condition causing Peritonitis. These are other medical conditions that may possibly cause Peritonitis. For general information on this form of misdiagnosis, see Underlying Condition Misdiagnosis or Overview of Misdiagnosis.
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