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Abdominal pain, also known as stomach ache, is very common in children. It can be due to a variety of causes, includingconstipation, stress, food poisoning and a number of other medical reasons.
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Stress
The word ‘stress’ can have a variety of meanings, but generally describes the physical and mental responses of the body to a demand placed upon it. Often used to describe conditions where the demand is high or unable to be resolved and creates anxiety and tension.
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Abdominal
Relating to the abdomen, the middle portion of the trunk which contains organs such as the intestines, stomach and liver.
Abdominal pain can be divided into two types:Acute pain, which tends to start suddenly without warning and is severe, and;Chronic or recurrent abdominal pain, which is when your child experiences at least three distinct episodes of pain over three months or more. There may be a cause found, but in many cases it resolves without a d