- When you visit the emergency department for abdominal pain, please pay attention during the emergency observation period:
- If abdominal pain occurs, please stop eating temporarily, and pay attention to changes in pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.
- If the abdominal pain improves, the doctor will need to examine your condition before deciding if eating is allowed.
- Ease back into eating. Please take a light diet first, and pay attention to whether abdominal pain occurs.
- When you return home, please note:
- The principle of daily diet should be small and frequent meals and a light diet. You can start with soft or semi-liquid foods and pay attention to appropriate water supplements.
- In the following cases, please return to the hospital for examination and treatment immediately:
- Fever, chills.
- Frequent urination, painful urination, hematuria.
- Abdominal pain that does not improve, the location of the pain shifted to the right lower abdomen and continuous pain.
- The color of stool changes to black or red.
- The skin or eyes turns yellow.
- The symptoms worsen.
- Please follow the doctor's instructions to take the medicine and return to the hospital on time for follow-up treatment, or follow up at the outpatient department of gastroenterology.
- If you have any questions, please consult the medical staff at any time, we will be happy to serve you.
- If you have any questions after leaving the hospital, please use the emergency 24-hour consultation service phone:
- Medical consultation telephone: (04) 22052121 ext. 15150 or 15151
- Drug consultation telephone: (04) 22052121 ext. 15124
- Pediatric medical consultation telephone: (04) 22052121 ext. 15158
Emergency department-self-care instructions for patients with abdominal pain 急診—腹痛病人自我照顧須知
2024/12/4
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- UpToDate_Evaluation of the adult with abdominal pain
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