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Health assessment - abdominal

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Question:

What is visceral pain?

Author: Weekly Knot



Answer:

Results when hollow abdominal organs such as the intestine or biliary tree contract, distend, or stretch; results when solid organs such as the liver capsule is stretched; difficult to localize, palpable at the midline levels; AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE LIVER DISTENTION AGAINST CAPSULE IN ALCOHOLIC HEPATITIS


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