Nineteen-year-old Rithvik wasn’t dealt an easy hand in life. His first symptom — a distended abdomen — was detected before he was even born. Over the years, his symptoms spiraled into a ...

His pain was not worse in the right lower abdomen, making appendicitis unlikely. It was also not worse in the right upper abdomen, which would have suggested gallstones or infection of the gallbladder ...

The US National Institutes of Health lists the most common causes are gastroenteritis (inflammation of the stomach intestine) and nonspecific abdominal pain, followed by cholelithiasis (a condition ...

Ascites is a condition that causes a build-up of fluid in the abdomen, which leads to a swollen stomach. An issue with the liver—like cirrhosis, in which the organ becomes scarred—usually ...

It was Green's first WrestleMania and she thought she celebrated too hard as she landed in the hospital. Green took to social media to reveal that she had to make a trip to the hospital for a severe ...

Determining the extent of a patient’s gallbladder involvement requires a physician assessment and imaging studies. In most cases, the treatment of patients presenting with abdominal pain in the ...

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