Is this anything serious?

Question

About two days ago I was feeling a little nauseous, and I had an extremely irritated stomach. Then the next day, after I was beginning to feel better, I felt this shooting pain in my lower right side (right at the top of my underwear to be exact). I was literally doubled over. It hurt even more when I pushed on the spot, when I coughed, or sobbed, or anything. I had to lie down and even still it hurt. I was in tears, it was more than just period cramps or gas. It lasted about ten minutes. After that, it would hurt just a little bit occasionally, but not much.

Today, I woke up feeling bloated and a lot of pressure on my lower stomach. Then I experienced back aches in the middle of my back, I never get them there. Throughout the day today I felt the sharp pain in my right side, but it was about a 2 on a 1-10 scale of pain, 9 being where I was yesterday. I would feel that pain for about 10 minutes at a time, with 30 minutes to an hour in between. Even in between there would be a dull pain there.

Right now I am still experiencing back aches.

Is this serious? Does it sound like appendicitis? Or would the pain be constant for appendicitis?

Answer 1

Well, Appendicitis typically begins with a vague pain in the middle of the abdomen often near the umbilicus (navel or "belly button"). The pain slowly moves to the right lower abdomen (toward the right hip) over 24 hours. In the classic description, abdominal pain is accompanied with nausea, vomiting, lack of appetite, and fever.

So it woudnt necessarily be a constant pain. I would def get to a dr just in case!!