Although the diagnosis is fairly straightforward for the older adult who has abdominal pain, hypovolemic shock, and a pulsatile abdominal mass, this is the exception rather than the rule.

When assessing older adults who have abdominal pain, health care providers should remember that chronological age may not fully reflect patients' physiological age. The overall health condition ...

AFTER suffering through the worst pain she's ever experienced, a woman was left stunned after ... including "terrible stomach pain" and severe bleeding. The 31-year-old underwent tests and an ...

She was prescribed a strong antacid, a medication to coat her stomach and another to increase her gastrointestinal motility. The woman was dubious. She’d had gastritis before; that pain was ...

This from a Westport woman who went to Buller Hospital in pain, was sent home without a diagnosis, called 111 for an ambulance - and had to wait for it to come 100km from Greymouth. Jacqueline ...