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Blumberg's sign (also referred to as rebound tenderness or Shchetkin–Blumberg's sign) is a clinical sign in which there is pain upon removal of pressure rather than application of pressure to the abdomen. (The latter is referred to simply as abdominal tenderness.) It is indicative of peritonitis.
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Tenderness (medicine), pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched Rebound tenderness , a clinical sign that a doctor may detect in physical examination of a patient's abdomen Music
In medicine, tenderness is pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched. [1] It should not be confused with the pain that a patient perceives without touching. Pain is patient's perception, while tenderness is a sign that a clinician elicits.
Heel tap sign, also called heel-jar or jar tenderness, is a clinical sign to identify appendicitis. It is found in patients with localized peritonitis . With the patient supine the right heel is elevated by 10-20 degrees is hit firmly with palm of the examiner's hand.
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