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Pregnancy
Augustinus BT
First Trimester
Abortion
Disturbed Ectopic pregnancy
pregnancy in rudimentary horn
Acute salpingitis
Acute Retention of urine
Abortion
Pain preceeded by vaginal bleeding,
in the middle &intermittent.
Cervix,closed(threatened abortion)or open
(inevitable)..U/S.gestational sac inside
uterine cavity.
Midtrimester Pain
Acute retention of urine due to incarcerated
RVF gravid uterus
Red degeneration in a fibromyoma
Rupture of rudimentary horn containing
pregnancy
Stretching of round ligament
Abortion
Midtrimester Pain
Red degeneration of fibromyoma
causes pain ranging from mild to severe over
the fibroid.tenderness usually present over the
fibroid.
U/S usually detect the fibroid during first
trimester
There may be history of menorrhagia before
pregnancy..TT..conservative with analgesic
Midtrimester Pain
Stretching of the round ligament may
sometimes be a cause of mid-trimester pain
Usually pain is continuous and there is
tenderness over the affected ligament
There is no constitutional symptoms.
Reassurance and sometimes mild analgesia
is required
Concealed haemorrhage
Severe preeclampsia
Red degeneration of fibromyoma
Uterine rupture
Contractions of labour
Incidental causes(cont.)
Renal and uretric calculi
Pain may be confused as pyelitis and radiate
to leg. Blood may be present in the urine and
U/S may show stone in kidney or bladder.
Acute cholycystitis..usually positive history
present and pain over Rt.hypochondrium,
radiate to Rt.shoulder.U/S may show stone in
G.B
Incidental causes(cont.)
Acute Hepatitis
May occur in hyperemesis gravidarum,
in sever pre-eclampsia/eclampsia or in
acute infective hepatitis. In all these
conditions there is pain & tenderness
over the liver & jandice is usually soon
manifest
Incidental Causes(cont.)
Torsion of ovarian cyst may occur
especially during first trimester. Pain is at first
referred to one or other hypochondrium & is
acute in onset usually with vomiting.
as peritonitis occur there is pain, tenderness &
rigidity over the tumor.there may be some
pyrexia.
U/S show the cyst
Incidental Causes(cont.)
Other causes
Acute porphyeria
Sickling crisis
Diabetic ketoacidosis