How valiant! Another good one: The hundred folds in a chef's toque (that tall, pleated hat) represent the hundred ways to cook an egg. Bon Appetit 's April issue egg primer provided us an excuse to explore that adage. Where did the saying come from? If it's true, did the French have a certain one hundred egg techniques in mind? (They do love their rules.)
Lower Abdominal Pain. Common causes of lower abdominal pain include appendicitis, irritable bowel syndrome, ovarian cyst, diverticulitis, constipation, cystitis, period pain, endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease, bowel obstruction, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage and inflammatory bowel diseases.
Irritable bowel syndrome which is often referred to as IBS can cause pain and discomfort in the lower abdomen. IBS is extremely common with approximately 5 in every 20 people suffering from this condition. It is two and a half times more common in women than in men and can occur at any age.