Understanding New and Severe Abdominal Pain
Welcome to our guide, Understanding New and Severe Abdominal Pain.
If you are having new and severe abdominal pain, this pain may be frightening to you because of its mystery -- the abdomen contains many important organs that could be the source of your pain. It may seem like a daunting task for a doctor to diagnose the source of your symptom; in fact, there are more than a hundred medical conditions that commonly result in abdominal pain.
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