Knowledge Based System for Long-term Abdominal Pain (Stomach Pain) Diagnosis and Treatment

Abstract: Background: the abdomen is called (the belly, tummy, stomach, or midriff) establishes the part of the body between the thorax (chest) and pelvis, in humans. The abdomen contains most of the tube like organs of the digestive tract, as well as several solid organs. Hollow abdominal organs comprise the stomach, the small intestine, and the colon with its attached appendix. Organs such as the liver, its attached gallbladder, and the pancreas function in close association with the digestive tract and communicate with it via ducts. Objectives: the main goal of this expert system is to get the appropriate diagnosis of abdomen disease and the correct treatment. Methods: in this paper the design of the proposed expert system which was produced to help internist physicians in diagnosing many of the abdomen diseases such as: hiatal hernia, gastritis, ulcer or heartburn; the proposed expert system presents an overview about abdomen diseases are given, the cause of diseases are outlined and the treatment of disease whenever possible is given out. Clips expert system language was used for designing and implementing the proposed expert system. Results: the proposed abdomen diseases diagnosis expert system was evaluated by medical students and they were satisfied with its performance. Conclusions: the proposed expert system is very useful for internist physician, patients with abdomen problem and newly graduated physician