Tenderness (medicine)
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In medicine
, tenderness is pain
or discomfort
when an affected area is touched.
Rebound tenderness
is an indication of peritonitis
.
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
, tenderness is pain
Pain
Pain is an unpleasant sensation often caused by intense or damaging stimuli such as stubbing a toe, burning a finger, putting iodine on a cut, and bumping the "funny bone."...
or discomfort
Discomfort
Discomfort may refer to:* Pain, an unpleasant sensation* Suffering, an experience of unpleasantness...
when an affected area is touched.
Rebound tenderness
Rebound tenderness
Rebound tenderness is a clinical sign that a doctor or other health care provider may detect in physical examination of a patient's abdomen. It refers to pain upon removal of pressure rather than application of pressure to the abdomen...
is an indication of peritonitis
Peritonitis
Peritonitis is an inflammation of the peritoneum, the serous membrane that lines part of the abdominal cavity and viscera. Peritonitis may be localised or generalised, and may result from infection or from a non-infectious process.-Abdominal pain and tenderness:The main manifestations of...
.