Digestive system
● Abdominal mass
● Including organomegaly, hernias and ascites
● Abdominal pain
● Perforation
● Obstruction
● Ischaemia
● Aneurysm (see also under Cardiovascular/ Peripheral arterial
disease)
● Inflammatory conditions (including diverticulitis; appendicitis,
pancreatitis)
● Colic: ureteric (see also under Nephrology), Biliary/ gallbladder (see
also under Jaundice)
● Anorexia and weight loss
● Cancer
● Metabolic causes including diabetes (see under Endocrine/
Abnormal blood sugar); thyroid (see under Endocrine/ Thyroid
abnormalities)
● Malabsorption
● Physical causes of anorexia
● Psychological causes of anorexia (see also under Psychiatry/
Eating problems)
● Jaundice
● Pre-hepatic (including haemolysis)
● Hepatic (including drug-induced)
● Post-hepatic (including biliary obstruction)
● Lower GI symptoms
● Faecal incontinence
● Spurious diarrhoea and encopresis
● Cancer
● Ulceration
● Bleeding
● Abnormal anatomy (fissures, piles, prolapse)
● Masses (including polyps)
● Altered bowel habit (constipation, diarrhoea)
● Rectal pain
● Pruritus ani
● Inflammation (including IBD)
● Nutrition
● Over nutrition
● Undernutrition
● Facial pain and swelling
● Cancer
● Sinusitis
● Salivary glands
● Teeth
● Oral cavity
● Lymph nodes (see also under Hematology)