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Infection of abdominal lining (peritonitis)
A condition in which the lining of the belly is swollen and irritated.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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Baby 0-2 | |||||
Preteen 6-13 | |||||
Teenager 14-18 | |||||
Young adult 19-40 | Common | ||||
Middle-aged adult 41-60 | Common |
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A 51-year old female asked:
My Sister died of Acute Peritonitis infection I want to know if is genetic?
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A 32-year old asked:
How can peritonitis result from urinary tract infection?
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A 51-year old female asked:
Could Acute Peritonitis infection can be treated and cure if it was very small?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Can you have peritonitis with only mildly tender abdominal examination?
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A 21-year old female asked:
Could apendicitis or peritonitis not hurt and the person just felt like liquid running through the right side of abdomen??
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A 18-year old female asked:
Ovarian cysts ruptured 2 wk ago. Severe abdominal pain &distended abdomen, fever, sweating, nausea, free fluid in abdomen, can't pass bm. Peritonitis?
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A 54-year old asked:
I try to avoid toxic drugs and treatments. What can I try before I go for traditional medical care for infection of abdominal lining?
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A 19-year old male asked:
Doctor told me I have infection of lining of my stomach. He said it's not Helibactoplyori (H.plyri). What could this be?
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A 45-year old asked:
What are the tests for infection of the uterine lining?
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A 45-year old asked:
What are the symptoms of infection of abdominal lining?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Infection of abdominal lining?
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A 19-year old male asked:
It is not h pylori. I was tested for that. What other infection of the lining could there be?
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A 47-year old asked:
What is the treatment for infection of the uterine lining after childbirth?
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A 19-year old male asked:
Went to the Dr. Office and found out I have an infection of the lining of my stomach. (Not h ployri) Any ideas of the type? I have lots of tenderness.
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A 30-year old female asked:
Good day , I have very bad stomach ache was told its either stomach lining infection, then IBS, then heart burn then to loose weight.. I had a baby about 11 months ago and never had these issues until after he was born . my stomach has now increased ?
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A 27-year old female asked:
I took Monistat 1 (tioconazole) 5 days ago and there's still cream from it lining my vaginal walls. Is this normal?Can i get rid of this since infection is now gone
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A 21-year old female asked:
Can augmentin (amoxicillin and clavulanate) cause parotitis? Shall i stop taking them? 3 more tablets left - prescribed for bacterial infection of uteral lining
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A 38-year old male asked:
Have experienced inside of nose being bloody, not a bloody nose. It feels like lining of nose is inflamed, swollen and hurts sometimes. Have allergies and sinus problems. Concerned if blood is an open wound and more prone to infections? Treatment?
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A 63-year old female asked:
Had an upper raspatory infection followed by a sinus infection and ear infection. My symptoms are all gone and feel great but have mucus in my throat randomly, but my throat does not hurt. The lining in throat is a little red. It has been 3 months?
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A 32-year old asked:
Pain in my lower left abdomen along with a urinary tract infection. What do I do?
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A 30-year old male asked:
I had a abdominal surgery and have steri strips theyve been on for almost three weeks and they are starting to itch is this sign of a infection?
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A 37-year old male asked:
I have a spleenic infarction caused by infection having abdominal pains does it need to be corrected?
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A 20-year old female asked:
I have a pain in my left lower abdomen, if feels like i strained a muscle. Is it an infection?
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A 32-year old female asked:
I had sex today after almost 4 of not be active. There was a lot of fart like sound and the left side of my abdomen was painful when he was inside me. Is this normal? I have had 3/4 laparoscopic procedures because I have recurrent chronic infections
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A 24-year old male asked:
Hi I am worried about my mom she is having a swelled and hard abdomen and she has been take medication for infection of bladder I just want to know if?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Sharp pains in lower right abdomen since yesterday. How do I differentiate between normal gas / infection and appendix?
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A 23-year old male asked:
Isit possible to get a kidney infection 2 week after getting rid of one or any other infection in abdomen for that matter?
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A female asked:
Random pain in abdomen every day, dr said bowel is inflamed still from parasite infection but it's been like 2 months since I treated the infection?
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A 47-year old male asked:
Can a gums infection cause pain in the abdomen's lymph nodes? Been probed and tested for 10 months and no one can tell me what's wrong with me. Help!
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A 19-year old female asked:
I have pain in my lower right abdomen, with a little nausea. In the past it was ruled not appendix but viral infection. How do I know when its serious?
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