Acute abdominal pain can be categorized in multiple methods ... half demonstrate no rebound or involuntary guarding, and nearly one quarter have no right lower quadrant tenderness at all.

Muscle guarding, which emanates from the brain, is a physical response to pain. For some, though, protracted muscle guarding can prolong pain and inhibit recovery. He mentioned helping a female ...

Pain upon pressure to the upper abdomen and early abdominal guarding was clinically striking. CRP was elevated at 161.3 mg/L, while white blood cell count was normal. Abdominal radiography ...

A 48-year-old woman reported acute abdominal pain for the previous 3 hours. Clinical examination of the underweight patient (BMI 17.4) found a tight abdomen with diffuse guarding and no bowel sounds.