Abdominal symptom cluster

Notice that this is not a "mixed" symptom cluster as I have bunched together problems that do likely have no gastro-intestinal origin whith those that most likely have.

1) One group of symptoms do most likely originate from the scrotum, but cause pain felt from the "upper" abdomen or elsewhere. These are:

• Flank pain (between iliac crest, hip, and lowest rib) from mild to appendicitis-like. A common cause is a focal source in the scrotum that is referred to one or both flanks. If this focal source, ususally sized 2-3 millimiters across, is palpated it should cause both localized pain to this little spot as well as pain in the flanks, and maybe nausea. INDICATIVE

• Appendicitis-like pain (see flank pain above for comments)

• Nausea (a common cause is scrotal pain)

2) The second group of problems is more clearly gastro-intestinal. These are:

• Constipation (may be related to flares)

• Abdominal distension (“swollen belly”)

• “Golf-ball in the rectum” feeling (this is similar to chronic proctalgia)

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