Doctors Please Answer This Question and Give me Some Advice?!

Doctors Please Answer This Question and Give me Some Advice?

What are some signs that you have apendicitis(I know I spelled it wrong).
My side has been hurting alot latly.
Please give me some advice

If you think you have appendicitis--get off the computer and proceed to the ER or your Dr.
Appendicitis is not something you can sit back on and think it will go away
Appendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix, a part of your intestines. It get swollen , causing pain and proceeds to rupturing causing a myriad of complications and even death. Most commonly it starts w/pain in the lower abdomen, around the umbilicus and proceeding to the lower right side of the abdomen --called Mc Burney's point. There is localised pain here even when the area is palpated. Other symptoms include nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, low grade fever, unable to walk due to pain, crunched up posture more soothing, a worsening of pain over few hours. Once the appendix ruptures there may be a temporary lessening of pain until peritonitis sets in. This is why if you think it will go away it may actually becoming worse. There are some variations to the classic appendicitis prsentation , but a chronic recurrent, coming and going type of abdominal pain due to appendicitis is rare. Usually within 36 hrs of onset of pain the appendix will probably rupture. Some studies say even maybe less time.

When you say "side pain" and "lately" its hard to say where the location is and it seems like it been going on for awhile. Medical advice is very hard to give in these situations b/c you never know if it may be serious or benign. The best thing is to get a Dr to examine you and also see if there are other things going on----so my advice as a physician is see your Dr ASAP. Don't fool around w/ stuff like that and better to hear that it was nothing than to hear that this should have been checked out earlier. I hope this helped and you get checked out.