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New York
461 Park Avenue South
@ 31st Street
New York, New York 10016
T: (212) 685-5519
New Jersey
187 Millburn
Avenue
Milburn, New Jersey 07041
T: (866) 660-9911
Feel Free to Email Us:
info@atlaspaintreatment.com
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Atlas Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine,
located on Park Avenue South in Manhattan, New York as well as in
Millburn, New Jersey can provide
treatment for abdominal wall (or chest pain) pain. Pain can
originate from any of the organs within the abdomen or the abdominal
wall. The feeling of pain deriving in the chest, back, or pelvis can
sometimes be perceived as coming from the abdomen. For example,
patients with heart attacks or pneumonia sometimes complain of upper
abdominal pain rather than chest pain. There are many possible
causes of pain.
Some of the more common causes of pain include:
Non-abdominal causes:
Pneumonia (lung infection)
Myocardial infarction (heart attack)
Pleurisy (irritation of the lining around the lungs)
Pulmonary embolism (blood clots to the lungs)
Abdominal or chest wall pain:
Shingles (herpes zoster infection)
Costochondritis (inflammation of the rib cartilages)
Injury (blunt trauma, muscle pulls)
Nerve irritation (neuropathy)
Hernias (protrusions of structures through the abdominal wall)
Scars
Inflammatory conditions of the upper abdomen:
Ulcer disease (duodenal ulcer, gastric ulcer)
Esophagitis (gastroesophageal reflux disease)
Gastritis (irritation of the lining of the stomach)
Pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas)
Cholecystitis (inflammation of the gall bladder)
Choledocholithiasis (passage of gall stones through the bile duct)
Hepatitis (infection or inflammation of the liver)
Colitis (infection or inflammation of the colon)
Functional problems of the abdomen:
Non-ulcer dyspepsia (discomfort after eating not due to ulcers)
Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction (problems with the bile duct valve)
Functional abdominal pain (pain without clear cause)
Irritable bowel syndrome (pain associated with bowel movements)
Cancers of the upper abdomen:
Hepatoma (liver cancer)
Cholangiocarcinoma (bile duct or gall bladder cancer)
Pancreatic cancer
Stomach cancer
Lymphoma (cancer of the immune cells)
Vascular problems:
Mesenteric vascular insufficiency (blocked arteries or veins)
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (swelling of the main artery in the belly)
Inflammatory conditions in the mid-and lower abdomen:
Enteritis (infections of the small bowel, Crohn’s disease)
Colitis (infection or inflammation of the colon)
Diverticulitis (inflammation of pouches that form in the colon)
Appendicitis
Bowel obstruction:
Adhesions (scars in the belly that form after surgery or
inflammation)
Tumor
Inflammation
Colon Cancer
Urinary tract problems:
Kidney stones
Urinary tract infections (kidneys, bladder)
Tumors of the kidneys or bladder
Pelvic problems in women:
Ovarian cysts or cancer
Infection of the tubes (salpingitis)
Ectopic pregnancy
Fibroid tumors of the uterus (womb)
Malignant tumors of the uterus or cervix
Endometriosis
Adhesions (scars)
Once the pain doctors pf Atlas Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine make a
diagnosis, treatment for your condition will begin. Sometimes oral
medications are used to reduce inflammation the relieve pain. For
example, ulcers can be treated by taking medications that reduce
stomach acid secretion.
Occasionally, pain must be treated with drugs that reduce pain
(analgesics). Simple analgesics like aspirin and ibuprofen should
not be used ordinarily for undiagnosed abdominal pain because they
may cause other problems, such as ulcers. Narcotic drugs are
sometimes prescribed by the doctors for abdominal pain.
Another approach is to use pain-modifying drugs to change the way
that pain signals are processed in the spinal cord and brain.
In some cases pain management physicians use nerve blocks to
identify and treat the mechanism of pain.
If you need your abdominal wall pain condition or chest pain
condition diagnosed, or want to consider a minimally invasive
alternative to traditional spine surgery or are seeking a spine
surgeon, the pain management doctors of
Atlas Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine of
Manhattan, New York and Millburn, New Jersey would be happy to see you for a consultation and help you
learn about the treatment options available to you.
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Rehabilitation and Pain Medicine, LLC
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Pain Management Doctors
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New York Office: 461 Park Avenue South, Manhattan,
New York 10016
New Jersey
Office: 187 Millburn Avenue, Millburn, New Jersey
07041
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