A 32-year-old woman with a recent dry cough presents to the emergency department (ED). The patient reports a 6-day history of right upper quadrant pain that is worse when she coughs, moves, laughs, or ...

A 72-year-old woman with a history of narcotic bowel syndrome and multiple prior abdominal surgeries presents to the emergency department (ED) for severe right lower abdominal and rectal pain that has ...

A 63-year-old woman showed up at the emergency department of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston with severe stomach pain, nausea, and vomiting. She told doctors that for the past month she had ...

Causes of Abdominal Pain in Women: Many people suffer from abdominal pain. Women, in particular, experience this problem frequently. Some women suffer from abdominal pain from the beginning to the end ...

A 28-year-old woman opens up about experiencing a cryptic pregnancy and welcoming a baby after going to the hospital for ...

At 18, Maya Ortiz developed sharp stomach pain that flared after meals. She chalked it up to her usual “sensitive stomach.” But over the following months, the ache grew to agony. “I’d drink milk and ...

As a lifelong health and fitness enthusiast with 15 years of experience, Rachel MacPherson is passionate about cutting through fads and noise. Her aim is to clearly communicate health information with ...

For more than two years, Camilla Row kept telling her doctors about heartburn-like pain that wouldn’t go away. She tried every lifestyle change they recommended — cutting out coffee, avoiding spicy ...

Persistent stomach pain means discomfort in your belly region that sticks around for weeks, months, or even longer. Unlike an occasional cramp or a brief stomachache, this pain doesn’t fully go away ...