Many conditions, lifestyle choices, medicines, and diseases
interfere with your ability to heal or fight infection. You may be at risk for
a more serious problem from your symptoms if you have any of the following. Be
sure to tell your health professional.
Conditions
- Are pregnant
- Are older than age
60
- History of ectopic pregnancy
- Previous abdominal
surgery
- Family history of abdominal problems
Lifestyle choices
- Alcohol abuse or withdrawal
- Drug
abuse or withdrawal
- Tobacco use
Medicines
- Corticosteroids, such as
prednisone
- Medicines to prevent organ transplant rejection
- Medicines used to treat cancer
(chemotherapy)
- Radiation therapy
Diseases
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Blood vessel disease
(vascular disease)
- Bowel
obstruction
- Cancer
- Diabetes
- Diverticulosis
- Endometriosis
- Gallbladder
disease
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease
(GERD)
- Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Heart
disease
- High blood pressure (hypertension)
- Human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
- Inflammatory bowel disease,
such as Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis
- Irritable bowel
syndrome
- Ischemic bowel disease
- Kidney
disease
- Kidney stone
- Liver
disease
- Pancreatitis
- Pelvic inflammatory
disease
- Peptic ulcer disease
- Sickle cell
disease
- Stomach ulcers
