Distinguishing between an abdominal pain secondary to a surgical illness to a medical one is very important when you think of self medicating. I have seen a lot of patients whose symptoms were mask by the medications they were taking trying to save on hospitalization. We ended up with a complicated surgery.
The dictum in knowing whether you need to see a doctor or not for an abdominal pain is the persistence of pain. If after self medicating and the pain recurs or persist within 24 hrs, you 've got to see a doctor.
The dictum in knowing whether you need to see a doctor or not for an abdominal pain is the persistence of pain. If after self medicating and the pain recurs or persist within 24 hrs, you 've got to see a doctor.
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