Introduction
- The location of pain give an important clue to where the pathological process is occurring.
- Be wary of referred pain from diseases in the nervous system or with distant organs with shared innervation.
| SYMPTOM | ORGAN |
| Headache | Head, Eyes, ENT, Oral-Dental, Nekc |
| Chest pain | Heart, Lungs, Upper GIT |
| Upper abdominal pain | Foregut – Upper GIT, Hepato-biliary-pancratic, Spleen Heart |
| Lower abdominal pain | Hindgut – colon, rectum Testicles |
| Back pain |
Spine Retroperitoneum |
| Extremity pain | Muscle / Tendon Bone Nerve – e.g. neuralgic/referred apin Vessel e.g. ischaemia (NB shoulder tip pain from sub-diaphragmatic irritation) |
| Joint Pain | Bone Cartilage Capsule Ligament Tendon |