ABSTRACT
Abdominal pain can also be a manifestation of severe physical but also psychological pathology. The role, therefore, of GPs and paediatricians is to sift out those children who have abdominal pain that is as a result of severe pathology, in order that those children may be treated either physically or psychologically. This can indeed be most difficult. There are rough rules of thumb, but they are just that. There are no hard and fast guidelines for sorting out abdominal pain.
