"It's no wonder that people talk about having a "gut feeling" about something. My gut raises the alarm often before I've consciously grasped the situation." 

This chapter of the website looks at the organs inside the abdomen and how they normally function - and how painful abdominal cramps can result if this goes out of balance. Click here to see the abdominal organs and their functions.

You can learn more about pain in each specific location in the section of this website named "Where does it hurt" within the section Symptoms.