When should i go to a&e with appendicitis?!

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Ring up NHS Direct and discuss it:

http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/

Or go to A&E now - I'd be careful not to ignore it for too long.

Buscopan is given to stop abdominal cramps not for appendix. If it has not given you relief, go straight to the ER.

I don't know what AE is. Some kind of urgent care? I guess I would go there, or else call your dr.'s answering service, or a nurse help line.

I've was a Paramedic/Firefighter for over 20 years total. I have seen appendicitis hundreds of times and about 6 weeks ago my 13 y.o. boy had symptoms and I took him to the E.R. where he was diagnosed with it and sent to Children's Hospital to have surgery that night.

First off HOW did your Doctor diagnose the appendicitis? For a exact diagnosis an abdominal C.T. scan and blood work and a urinalysis needs to be done. IF your pain is greater than a 5 on the pain scale of 1-10 then you need to go the the E.R.immediately. A good E.R. doc will not only do the C.T. and blood work and urinalysis but also do a pelvic exam. DON'T let the pelvic exam keep you from going to the E.R..

A good Doctor will give you something for pain control, do the tests and call in a surgeon if you do have appendicitis. Please don't mess around a ruptured appendix is no laughing matter. If your pain suddenly gets real bad then immediately goes away then get to the E.R. fast. That is normally a sign of a ruptured appendix.

If it was appendicitis I would be surprised that your dr. didn't get you right into the hospital for it. If he isn't sure there must be some reason for that. One of the main things can be that the pain is from something else but he isn't sure what. The one thing that does happen a lot is pinched muscles in your back will send the pains around the body to be pains in the sides or front of your body. If this is what happened to you you can get rid of that kind of pain by freeing up the muscles in your back by doing this:
Back:
(do from a sitting position)
Place your left hand on your left leg next to your body. Place your right hand over your left shoulder, fingers over the back and the palm in the front and firmly pull down on them and hold. After 30 seconds slowly lower your body forward and to the outside of your left leg, keeping your left arm fairly straight as you do. When you reach your lap remain there for another 10 seconds, release the pressure but rest there for another 30 seconds. Then reverse your hand positions and do your right side.
For best results relax your body first by taking a deep breath and exhaling then remain this relaxed.

GO NOW!!!!!!!!!!!! A few days? Your time is up! My husband just had appendicitis last month so we just went through this. I do know what I'm talking about here. I can't believe they diagnosed you with it and sent you home! According to the surgeon and ALL the research I've done you have 72 hours from the onset of symptoms until you risk the appendix rupturing. Once that happens you can become septic and after they remove your appendix they will have to leave your stomach open until the poison has cleared from the system. This happened to my husbands best friend. And btw, you do NOT have to wait until you throw up, my husband never did. Go to the emergency room or whatever it is you have there and have the surgery. It's extremely simple and you will feel better immediately. My husband had zero pain following surgery, I'm talking about when he was in the recovery room and beyond. His recovery was swift. Once he was diagnosed the surgeon told us very seriously that his 'time was up' (after 72 hours) and he was taken to the operating room immediately in hopes that it would be taken out before it burst (perforated) if it hadn't already. Please go now, I would hate for something more serious to happen to you because of bad dr's advice. That's something I've seen a bit too much of.

Experience!