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Abdominal rigidity: Contents
  1. Abdominal rigidity: Introduction
  2. Causes (47 conditions)
  3. Misdiagnosis
  4. Home Diagnostic Testing
  5. Diagnostic Guides (Online)
  6. Treatments
  7. Symptom Checker
  8. Videos
  9. Classifications
  10. Stories from Users

Abdominal rigidity: Introduction

Abdominal rigidity: Firmness of the abdomen on palpation. See free access online books about Abdominal rigidity below. See detailed information below for a list of 47 causes of Abdominal rigidity, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Abdominal rigidity:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Abdominal rigidity. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

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Causes of Types of Abdominal rigidity:

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Abdominal rigidity: Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Abdominal rigidity, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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Abdominal rigidity Treatments

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Causes of General Symptom Types

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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Abdominal rigidity

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Diagnostic Guides for Abdominal rigidity

Medical Books Excerpts Read excertps from published book sections related to Abdominal rigidity from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Abdominal rigidity. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Abdominal rigidity

Medical Books Excerpts
  • FLANK PAIN
  • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
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  • Flank pain
  • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
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  • Flank pain
  • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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  • Abdominal Pain
  • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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  • Abdominal pain
  • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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  • Flank pain
  • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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  • Abdominal rigidity
  • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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  • Flank pain
  • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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  • Abdominal Pain
  • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
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  • Flank pain
  • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
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Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Abdominal rigidity: Undiagnosed Conditions

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Misdiagnosis and Abdominal rigidity

Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed. The best known, irritable bowel syndrome, is over-diagnosed, whereas other causes that are...read more »

Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called intestinal...read more »

Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that...read more »

Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. food poisoning). In fact, it's more likely to...read more »

Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the more feared conditions for a child with abdominal...read more »

Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive conditions is celiac disease, a...read more »

Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases. Some of the better known possibilities are ...read more »

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Abdominal rigidity: Related Rare Diseases

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Detailed list of causes of Abdominal rigidity

The list below shows some of the causes of Abdominal rigidity mentioned in various sources:

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How Common are these Causes of Abdominal rigidity?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Abdominal rigidity. Of the 47 causes of Abdominal rigidity that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 0 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 2 causes are "common" diseases
  • 1 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 0 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 2 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 45 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 47 causes of Abdominal rigidity

Conditions listing symptoms: Abdominal rigidity:

The following list of conditions have 'Abdominal rigidity' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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  • Aortic aneurysm, familial abdominal 1 ... rigid abdomen
  • Aortic aneurysm, familial abdominal 2 ... rigid abdomen
  • Aortic aneurysm, familial abdominal 3 ... rigid abdomen

    B

  • Black widow spider envenomation ... abdominal rigidity

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    Abdominal symptoms (3099 causes)

    Symptoms related to Abdominal rigidity:

    Abdominal pain (2090 causes), Lower abdominal pain (24 causes), Upper abdominal pain (26 causes), Stomach ache (321 causes), Rigidity (75 causes), Muscle rigidity (55 causes), Abdominal swelling (425 causes), Stomach swelling, Abdominal mass (83 causes), Abdominal guarding (2 causes), Perforated peptic ulcer, Strangulated hernia, Ectopic pregnancy

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