How do you know you have appendicitis?

Answer 1

Try these tricks:

When there is abdominal pain, push down in the spot that it hurts the most. Does it hurt more when you are pushing in, or when you let go? If it hurts most when you let go, that's called rebound tenderness, and it's likely to be appendicitis.

Lay on your back, and lift your right leg without bending your knee. If it hurts really bad, it's likely to be appendicitis.

It rarely goes away. That happened with me several times. You will experience having farts that smell like diarrhea.

I don't believe there are any symptoms of you appendix. . . considering it is a part of your body. . . It doesn't really function as anything in particular, however, if bile gets caught in it during degestion, it will get infected and swell up. This is called appendicitis. It will swell and burst, releasing the infection into the rest of the body, eventually killing the host. (This is all if it isn't caught early on)
Based on your description in the Discussion area, best answer, you could. Your parents would be your best resource here. Seek medical attention, and let professional medical personnel determine it, not a world full of internet strangers.

Answer 2

Appendicitis is basically a disease of your appendix, a small organ off of your intestines. If you think you have appendicitis, press quickly down on the area that hurts, then sharply lift up. Which hurts more? If you truly have appendicitis, the lifting up should hurt a bit more. The pain would be in your lower right abdomen, though it can migrate. If you are reading this and you have all these signs, go to a hospital ASAP. You don't want a burst appendix, which will be a lot harder for doctors to clean up. I know all this because I've experienced it.

Answer 3

Believe me, you would know. You would feel a dull ache feeling near your belly button that would eventually shift over to your right lower abdomen.The pain would worsen. The pain is so severe, sometimes you cant walk. It also hurts if you touch that area or cough, sneeze or move your body from a standing to prone position, or vise versa. You would also have a loss of appetite, inability to pass gas, constipation and/or diarheea, nausea, and/or vomiting, not to mention screaming everytime you move a muscle!! So unless you have all or most of these symptoms, I wouldn't worry about having appendicitis. Just watch out, and don't swallow finger nails, toothbrush bristle, and small fish bones or shrimp shells because they can get lodged in your appendix and cause appendicitis.

Appendicitis occurs in roughly every 1 in 15 people, so I wouldn't really worry about it

Answer 4

Try these tricks:

When there is abdominal pain, push down in the spot that it hurts the most. Does it hurt more when you are pushing in, or when you let go? If it hurts most when you let go, that's called rebound tenderness, and it's likely to be appendicitis.

Lay on your back, and lift your right leg without bending your knee. If it hurts really bad, it's likely to be appendicitis.

Also it is less likely to have appendicitis if you are 18 years or older.

Most cases of appendicitis occur at a young age, but then again it is known to occur in adults it's just a rare cause.

Hope this helps hun.

Answer 5

The appendix is located on the right side of the abdomen. However, if someone

has appendicitis, the pain is not necessarily confined to that area. It can span

the abdomen and even sometimes go around to the back. The white blood count goes up, indicating the presence of infection. Since there is no way a person can check his/her own white blood count, you should see your doctor right away.

If you suspect that you have appendicitis, you should see a physician immediately because there is significant danger if the appendix should rupture. If it does

rupture, peritonitis usually results, and peritonitis can be deadly if not immediately treated in a hospital.

Answer 6

Fever, chills, nausea? Bend your right knee into your chest if you feel pain in your lower right side get to the ER. Either way, have it looked at.

Answer 7

It is possible, but pain located in that area could be a symptom of something else as well. Typical symptoms of appendicitis are abdominal pain, loss of appetite, and nausea or vomiting.