Causes of sudden, severe abdominal pain

Some of the possiblecauses of sudden, severe abdominal pain include:

  • appendicitis swelling of the appendix that causes agonising pain in the lower right-hand side of your abdomen
  • a bleeding or perforated stomach ulcer a bleeding, open sore in the lining of your stomach
  • acute cholecystitis an inflamedgallbladder,often caused by gallstones
  • kidney stones small stones may be passed out in your wee, but larger stones may block the kidney tubes
  • diverticulitis a type of inflammation in the bowel
  • a pulled muscle in your abdomen, or an injury
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Medically Reviewed by a doctor on 21 Dec 2018