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Rigidez abdominal - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Rigidez del abdomen

Definición:

Es la tensión de los músculos en el área ventral, la cual se puede sentir al tocar o presionar el abdomen.

Consideraciones generales:

Cuando se presenta un área con dolor en el vientre o abdomen, dicho dolor se hará más intenso al presionar los músculos abdominales con una mano.

El miedo o nerviosismo que se siente de ser tocado (palpado) puede causar este síntoma, pero no debe haber ningún dolor.

Si usted siente dolor cuando lo tocan y tensiona los músculos para protegerse de más dolor, es más probable que sea causado por una afección física. Dicha dolencia puede afectar uno o ambos lados del cuerpo.

La rigidez abdominal puede ocurrir junto con:

Causas comunes:

Absceso intraabdominal
Apendicitis
Colecistitis causada por cálculos biliares
Agujero que se abre a través de la pared entera del estómago, el intestino delgado, el intestino grueso o la vésícula biliar (perforación gastrointestinal)
Lesión en el abdomen
Peritonitis

Reviewed last on: 10/30/2010
Linda Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

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Postier RG, Squires RA. Acute abdomen. In: Townsend CM, Beauchamp RD, Evers BM, Mattox KL, eds. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2008:chap 45.

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