Abdominal problems

Your appendix is a small sac attached to your main bowl on the lower right side of your abdomen (stomach). It really has no function but sometimes your appendix can become inflamed (swollen) causing you pain and making you feel unwell. This irritation is called appendicitis.

Your bowels are made up of two sections - the small and the large bowel (or colon). If cells begin to develop and multiply abnormally in your bowel they can become cancerous.

A blockage in any part of your bowel can prevent digested food or liquid from passing through your system.

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is severe and debilitating tiredness that is not relieved by rest or sleep. Symptoms can also include aching joints and muscles, loss of memory or concentration, gastric problems and disturbed sleep.

Diverticulitis, and diverticular disease, occur when one or more pockets of diverticula in your bowel wall becomes infected or inflamed.

Fibromyalgia is chronic, long term pain in muscles, tendons and ligaments.

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a very common disorder of your gastrointestinal (digestive) tract.

Stomach cancer occurs when cells in your stomach develop abnormally.

Upper gastrointestinal cancers include cancer of the stomach, oesophagus, pancreas, and liver.