Is there really such a thing as "Chronic Appendicitis"?

Question

ok i already posted a question earlier about abdominal pain but i want to see if i can get more answers. The pain is in my right lower abdomin and is just below and to the right of my belly button. I comes at random times and hurts the most when i walk and sometimes it even hurts when i use the bathroom. When i press down on it it does not hurt but when i take pressure of it hurts worse. Sometimes i get nauses when i occurs but sometimes i don't. I have ran a low grade like 99 fever with it but that is rare. It has been happening for aboute the last two months or so. Just so you know i am not a nurse yet but a 17 year old high school senior. advise please!

Answer 1

You really need to go to a doctor or an emergency room and get this taken care of.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/appendi...

Answer 2

That depends on who you ask, really.  But in my experience, it does exist.  I suffered from odd right lower abdominal pain off and on for almost three years.  I had all the usual exams to find an explanation, and none was ever found.  I did not have poly-cystic ovaries, no infections, PID, endometriosis, or any of the usual culprits.  Then while deployed to Turkey at the start of the first Gulf War, I spiked a fever and was in the most pain I've ever felt.  I was evacuated to the rear, where I parted company with an appendix that the pathologist said showed evidence of chronic, long term inflammation.   Since I lost the appendix, I've never had a problem at all.  So I'd say yes, it does exist.  I can't say if that is your trouble or not.  The "fever" really isn't one, 99 is perfectly acceptable.  It's not considered fever until you hit 102.  Until then it's simply elevated, and at 99 isn't really even that.  You may be experiencing ovulation pain, as well.  With a female, right lower quadrant pain just has too many potential explanations than just the appendix, and it would require a workup and exam to be able to say exactly what may or may not be happening.  If you are or have been sexually active, it's also possible you have an infection.  Your best choice here would be to see your doctor, be examined and tested, and see where that takes you next.  Once they eliminate all the other causes, then it becomes possible.  Still, until it finally decides what it wants to do, there isn't much you need to do.  If it does decide to go, you won't have to ask if that's the problem.  Trust me, you will know.

Answer 3

Just for the record you should always go tot he hospital if you have pain with fever.

Just because the pain is in your lower right corner doesn't mean that it's a Appendicitis it could also be a number of things, kidney stones for one. But you really need to go have it check out by a professional.

Answer 4

it sounds like an internal organ, appendix, liver,kidney, might wanna ask a doctor.