Abdominal pain in children is common and can have many causes. Usually, abdominal pain goes away without treatment. In some cases, the pain has an underlying cause and will need specialized treatment.

Children with functional abdominal pain who used audio recordings of guided imagery at home in addition to standard medical treatment were almost three times as likely to improve their pain problem, ...

Hypnotherapy and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) are the most effective treatments for children suffering with unexplained abdominal pain, according to new research published today in The Lancet ...

April 4, 2005 — Buccal oxycodone provides reasonable pain relief for children with acute abdominal pain without obscuring the clinical diagnosis, according to the results of a randomized study ...

Children who have been abused psychologically, physically or sexually are more likely to suffer unexplained abdominal pain and nausea or vomiting than children who have not been abused, a new study ...

Credit: Shutterstock. In this study, researchers aimed to determine how effective these pharmacological interventions are in school-aged children with recurrent abdominal pain (RAP). A new study ...