I'm an 18 year old female and I've been
having aches and pains in my right lower
abdomen for about 5 days now. It started
last wednesday along with a mild fever.
On friday I went to the doctors and he
took a urine sample and said that there
was blood in it, but no nitrates(sp?) so
it wasn't an infection. He did the
pressure and rebound test on my abdomen
and I wasn't in pain though it did feel
very uncomfortable. He sent me to the
nurse to get a blood test but it came back
as normal.
On friday it was the normal constant ache
but later in the night I got waves of
nausea and I thought I was going to be
sick. On the saturday I still had the
fever but I got occasional chills
throughout the day. In the evening I
suddenly got a harsher pain in my side and
I got very feverish and I had to sit down
because I felt weak and my head started to
hurt and I thought I was going to be sick
again. After 30 mins or so it went back
to the normal ache but my head still hurt
and my legs were very shaky. Since then
I've still had minor headaches and my
lower right abdomen is still hurting, a
bit more than before. I've found it helps
if I put my hand on the area and apply
light pressure. Some other things I've
noticed; I've been urinating quite
frequently but been a bit constipated, it
hurts my side when I sneeze or laugh, I've
been feeling quite dizzy and weak a lot of
the time.
Could this be appendicitis?
Should I try and get my doctor to give me
some sort of scan or ultrasound to see
what's going on?
Any thoughts, help and suggestions would
be greatly appreciated!
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