Abdominal pain

Overview Abdominal pain is a very common presenting symptom. Abdominal pain is a very common presenting complaint. It can be difficult to comprehend due to the shear volume of conditions that can present with this symptom. The job of any junior doctor, physician associate or advanced nurse practitioner is to take a good history, performance a solid examination and then come up with a synthesised list of possible diagnoses (i.e. the differential diagnosis). Two of the most important things to uncover from the history is the ‘timing of onset’ and the ‘location’. This is because these two factors really help