A woman who put her stomach ache down to the “anxiety” of her break-up was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Storm Reveley, 22, had just split from her ex-partner when she started suddenly experiencing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tummy aches and pains, whether sharp and severe or dull and cramp-like, can really throw off your day, making it hard to carry on as normal. But, it can be difficult to pinpoint the exact reason for ...

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