Abdominal pain can travel down nerve pathways through the body. As a result, the pain can appear at body sites near or far from the abdomen. This type of pain is known as referred pain. For example, the appendix is an organ in the right lower abdomen, but in the initial phase of appendicitis, pain is usually referred to around the umbilicus (navel).

A person suffering from abdominal pain may also experience:

• Neck pain
• Shoulder pain
• Back pain
• Chest pain
• Pelvic pain
• Groin pain, such as testicular and scrotal pain
• Sexual pain
• Buttock pain
• Leg pain

Uncommonly, people with abdominal migraine may in some cases experience the headache typical of other types of migraines.