Abdo Guard

January 25, 2012 2:21 am | Cricket

please help with medical terminology?

on a letter i have to take to a hosp appt with me it says ‘O/E Abdo soft non tender no guarding / rebound no shoulder tip pain’ what does no guarding mean in particular
thanks
Stodgers – does it mean the same in a case of a threatened miscarriage?
thanks

Guarding is “Doc lingo” for tensing of, in your case, the abdominal area.

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