The following symptoms and complaints may indicate Resistance in the Abdomen:
Leading symptom
- Swelling, mass, and lump in the abdomen and/or pelvis.
Warning signs (red flags)
- Anamnestic information:
- Acute onset of pain with rapidly increasing pain intensity.
- Left-sided pain and fever (esp. in elderly patients) → think of: Diverticulitis (disease of the colon in which inflammation forms in protrusions of the mucosa (diverticula)).
- Recurrent pain in the lower abdomen and altered bowel habits such as alternating constipation (constipation) and diarrhea (diarrhea) → think of: Irritable bowel
- No discharge of stool or gas
- Hematemesis (vomiting of blood; coffee grounds vomiting), melena (blood in stool), or gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB; gastrointestinal bleeding)
- Increased vomiting that is untreatable or difficult to treat.
- General weakness
- Syncope (momentary loss of consciousness), collapse.