What Causes Intense Upper Right Quadrant Abdominal Pain?
According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health or NIH, abdominal pain may be caused by any of the organs within the abdominal cavity. The location of abdominal pain–the abdominal quadrant in which the pain is felt–often helps physicians determine the cause of the pain. The NIH states that a person should seek immediate medical assistance if he experiences abdominal pain that is sudden and sharp, abdominal pain that is accompanied by chest pain and an abdomen that is stiff and tender to the touch.
