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Peritonitis

Peritonitis: Introduction

Peritonitis: Inflammation of the lining of the abdominal cavity. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Peritonitis is available below.

Symptoms of Peritonitis

• Abdominal pain
• Severe abdominal pain
• High fever
• Chills
• Shivering
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 13 symptoms of Peritonitis

Treatments for Peritonitis

• Emergency treatment
• Hospitalization
• Surgery
• Antibiotics
• Intravenous fluids
• more treatments...»

See full list of 6 treatments for Peritonitis

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Peritonitis:

• Food Allergies & Intolerances: Home Testing:
  • Home Food Allergy Tests
  • Home Food Intolerance Testing
  • Home Water Testing
  • Home Lead Poisoning Tests
• more...»

Wrongly Diagnosed with Peritonitis?

• Misdiagnosis of Peritonitis
• Failure to diagnose Peritonitis
• Hidden causes of Peritonitis (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Peritonitis

Peritonitis: Related Patient Stories

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• protuding Abdomen
• ouch! hurts like a giant bruise in abdomen
• CT scan of abdomen, Anyone know what these results mean?
• Cavity/decay
• Abdominal Pain - Inflammation - Gass
• Eschar Sores on Abdomen?
• Undergum Dental Cavities
• Throbbing/Contractions In Abdomen - Not Pregnant!
• abdomen troubles.. please please help
• my abdomen is a mess!
• Swelling around abdominal cavity
• peritoneal carcinomatosis (not sure if spelled right)
• US Abdomen with Doppler Examination Question !!
• cavities

Peritonitis: Deaths

Read more about Deaths and Peritonitis.

Alternative Treatments for Peritonitis

Alternative treatments or home remedies that have been listed in various sources as possibly beneficial for Peritonitis may include:

• Aconite homeopathic remedy
• Bryonia homeopathic remedy
• Mercurius corrosivus homeopathic remedy
• Colocynth homeopathic remedy
• more treatments »

Types of Peritonitis

• Puerperal fever - occurs after childbirth and is often less serious
• more types...»

Read more about Types of Peritonitis

Peritonitis: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Peritonitis:

• Shock
• Collapse
• Death
• Adhesions
• Scar tissue
• more complications...»

Causes of Peritonitis

• Abdominal wound
• Abdominal perforation
• Perforated ulcer
• Pelvic inflammation disease
• Tuberculosis
• more causes...»

See full list of 6 causes of Peritonitis

More information about causes of Peritonitis:

• Underlying causes of Peritonitis
• Peritonitis as a complication caused by other conditions
• Peritonitis as a symptom

Disease Topics Related To Peritonitis

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Peritonitis:

• Acute appendicitis
• Appendicular rupture
• Small intestinal obstruction
• Hernia
• Volvulus
• more related diseases...»

Peritonitis: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Chronic Digestive Disorders that can remain Undiagnosed:
  • Crohn's Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Ulcerative Colitis -- Undiagnosed
  • Celiac Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Heartburn -- Undiagnosed
  • GERD -- Undiagnosed
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • Carcinoid Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • Pancreatitis -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Peritonitis

Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed. The best known, irritable bowel syndrome, is over-diagnosed...read more »

Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes...read more »

Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria, but can also kill...read more »

Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. food poisoning). In fact, it's more likely to be an infectious...read more »

Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it...read more »

Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a variety of symptoms (see...read more »

Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases. Some of the better known possibilities are peptic ulcer, colon...read more »

Read more about Misdiagnosis and Peritonitis

Peritonitis: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Digestive Health Specialists (Gastroenterology):
  • Gastroenterology (Digestive Specialists)
  • Pediatric Gastroenterology (Child Digestive Health)
• more specialists...»

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• Research Your Doctor Online
• Review Patient Surveys About Your Doctor
• Research local specialists including ratings, affiliations, and sanctions.

Hospitals & Clinics: Peritonitis

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Peritonitis:

• Digestive Health (Gastroenterology) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Peritonitis, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experience Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Peritonitis: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Chronic Digestive Disorders -- Rare Types:
  • Crohn's Disease -- Rare Types
  • Ulcerative Colitis -- Rare Types
  • Celiac Disease -- Rare Types
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease -- Rare Types
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • Carcinoid Syndrome -- Rare Types
  • Pancreatitis -- Rare Types
  • Gallstones -- Rare Types
  • Lactose Intolerance -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Peritonitis: Animations

More Peritonitis animations & videos

Research about Peritonitis

Visit our research pages for current research about Peritonitis treatments.

Clinical Trials for Peritonitis

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Peritonitis include:

• Functional Genomic Influences on Disease Progression and Outcome in Sepsis - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Doripenem in the Treatment of Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Doripenem
• Doripenem in the Treatment of Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infections - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - doripenum
• Study Comparing Tigecycline Versus Ceftriaxone Sodium Plus Metronidazole in Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infection - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Tigecycline,Ceftriaxone sodium + metronidazole
• The Study of Infection and Cell Inflammation in Peritoneal Dialysate - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

See full list of 10 Clinical Trials for Peritonitis

Statistics for Peritonitis

• Medical statistics for Peritonitis
• Death and Mortality statistics for Peritonitis
• Society statistics for Peritonitis

Peritonitis: Broader Related Topics

• Peritoneum disorders
• Inflammatory conditions that may be pathogenic or non-pathogenic
• Abdominal conditions
• more types...»

Types of Peritonitis

Peritonitis Message Boards

Related forums and medical stories:

• Digestive Conditions (169)
  • Help I cant eat!! Im scared..
  • Upper left abdominal pain after eating
  • Bloating/Distention/Intenstinal Gas
  • Pain below ribs (centre and right), upper and lower back
  • Diarrhea after eating
  • More user stories

User Interactive Forums

Read about other experiences, ask a question about Peritonitis, or answer someone else's question, on our message boards:

• I can not get a diagnosis. Please help.
• Tell us your medical story.
• Share your misdiagnosis story.
• What is the best treatment for this?
• See all the forums.

Definitions of Peritonitis:

Inflammation of the peritoneum, a condition marked by exudations in the peritoneum of serum, fibrin, cells, and pus. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Inflammation of the peritoneum - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

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