Acute Abdomen Symptoms and Management:


Acute Abdomen Symptoms and Management:
The acute abdomen shows a rapid onset of severe life- threatening symptoms includes the sudden, spontaneous, nontraumatic disorder whose chief manifestation is in the abdominal area.  For acute abdomen urgent operation may be necessary. Acute abdomen has a large number of possible causes and so a structured approach is required.




If the patient has an acute surgical problem the initial assessment for acute abdomen should attempt that requires immediate and prompt surgical intervention, or urgent medical therapy. Abdominal pain is a common problem.

Symptoms and Causes:
Vomiting, Haematemesis or melaena, Stool/urine colour, Fainting, dizziness or palpitations, Fever/rigors, Rash or itching, Urinary symptoms, recent weight loss.

Some common causes of acute abdomen usually involve a slower rate of bleeding, but with urgent surgery still required, include bleeding gastric ulcer, ruptured ectopic pregnancy, and trauma. Every patient with abdominal pain should have an ECG requires in the case of emergency setting, to exclude myocardial infarction.




Management of the acute abdomen:
The absolute management of acute abdomen depends largely on the cause. To reach a differential diagnosis list, careful assessment is necessary in primary care, with close attention paid to symptoms and signs that may indicate a need to investigate the situation further in hospital.

Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm is the most severe cause of intra-abdominal bleeding, which requires immediate surgical intervention. These patients will typically go into hypovolemic shock. Tachycardia and hypotension, pale and clammy on inspection, and cool to touch with a thread pulse, these are includes in clinical features.

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