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Pain and location
Where is your pain?
Key points about locating pain
- Pain can strike anywhere in your body.
- Wherever you feel pain, whether it's in your hip, back, foot or head, use this guide to find the information you need.

Use the headings below to find out about health conditions that are linked to pain in different parts of your body.
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Read more about back pain.
Read more about chest pain.
- constipation
- gastroenteritis
- appendicitis
- pancreatitis
- gallstones
- peptic ulcer
- Crohn's disease
- ulcerative colitis
- irritable bowel syndrome
- urinary tract infection
- shingles
Read more about abdominal pain.
In women and people with a uterus
- period pain
- endometriosis
- pelvic inflammatory disease
- ovarian cysts
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- pain in early pregnancy
Read more about nerve pain.
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