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  • Thumbnail for Abdominal pain
    Abdominal pain, also known as a stomach ache, is a symptom associated with both non-serious and serious medical issues. Since the abdomen contains most...
    43 KB (3,257 words) - 16:21, 12 November 2024
  • Abdominal migraine (AM) is a functional disorder that usually manifests in childhood and adolescence, without a clear pathologic mechanism or biochemical...
    31 KB (3,114 words) - 02:59, 2 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Abdominal obesity
    Abdominal obesity, also known as central obesity and truncal obesity, is the human condition of an excessive concentration of visceral fat around the...
    75 KB (8,559 words) - 02:14, 27 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Abdominal aortic aneurysm
    Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a localized enlargement of the abdominal aorta such that the diameter is greater than 3 cm or more than 50% larger...
    79 KB (8,935 words) - 20:32, 3 November 2024
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    instance, that not all abdominal pain is caused by lead poisoning. According to archaeological research, Roman lead pipes increased lead levels in tap water...
    178 KB (19,232 words) - 06:25, 3 December 2024
  • Abdominal exercises are a type of strength exercise that affect the abdominal muscles (colloquially known as the stomach muscles or "abs"). Human abdominal...
    18 KB (2,045 words) - 14:45, 27 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Blunt trauma
    most likely causes of death due to blunt force traumatic injury. Blunt abdominal trauma (BAT) represents 75% of all blunt trauma and is the most common...
    37 KB (4,116 words) - 14:47, 4 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Abdominal pregnancy
    An abdominal pregnancy is a rare type of ectopic pregnancy where the embryo or fetus is growing and developing outside the uterus, in the abdomen, and...
    26 KB (2,859 words) - 19:45, 3 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Transverse abdominal muscle
    The transverse abdominal muscle (TVA), also known as the transverse abdominis, transversalis muscle and transversus abdominis muscle, is a muscle layer...
    9 KB (1,086 words) - 12:50, 10 October 2024
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    Hernia (redirect from Abdominal hernia)
    femoral and abdominal hernias resulted in 32,500 deaths globally in 2013 and 50,500 in 1990. Healthcare costs associated with abdominal wall hernias...
    47 KB (5,257 words) - 14:53, 17 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Inguinal canal
    The inguinal canal is a passage in the anterior abdominal wall on each side of the body (one on each side of the midline), which in males, convey the...
    14 KB (1,483 words) - 17:22, 15 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Abdominal angina
    Abdominal angina is abdominal pain after eating caused by a reduction of blood flow to the celiac trunk, superior mesenteric arteries (SMA), inferior...
    15 KB (1,475 words) - 06:23, 27 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hysterectomy
    2 per 1,000 cases of vaginal hysterectomy and 1.3 per 1,000 cases of abdominal hysterectomy. The injury usually occurs in the distal ureter close to...
    73 KB (7,833 words) - 03:13, 3 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Umbilical hernia
    condition where the abdominal wall behind the navel is damaged. It may cause the navel to bulge outwards—the bulge consisting of abdominal fat from the greater...
    16 KB (1,923 words) - 15:58, 12 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Aortic aneurysm
    leading to arterial wall weakening. They are most commonly located in the abdominal aorta, but can also be located in the thoracic aorta. Aortic aneurysms...
    31 KB (3,558 words) - 18:37, 1 November 2024
  • this process is left untreated, it can lead to the appendix rupturing, which releases bacteria into the abdominal cavity, potentially leading to severe...
    83 KB (8,713 words) - 06:03, 3 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Toxic megacolon
    dilated colon (megacolon), accompanied by abdominal distension (bloating), and sometimes fever, abdominal pain, or shock. Toxic megacolon is usually...
    8 KB (725 words) - 18:12, 19 October 2024
  • pancreatitis, and an abdominal hemorrhage. However, this is a non-exhaustative list and other less common causes may also lead to an acute abdomen. In...
    10 KB (1,057 words) - 09:54, 14 September 2024
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    Omphalocele (category Abdominal wall defects)
    rare abdominal wall defect. Beginning at the 6th week of development, rapid elongation of the gut and increased liver size reduces intra abdominal space...
    27 KB (3,063 words) - 17:50, 17 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Aneurysm
    Willis in the brain, aortic aneurysms affecting the thoracic aorta, and abdominal aortic aneurysms. Aneurysms can arise in the heart itself following a...
    49 KB (5,416 words) - 21:18, 29 November 2024
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