What are signs of appendicitis? #doctor #shorts

[TheGhostiestHatRack]

For us girls it's so hard to figure out if I'm having normal period pain or if my life is in danger

[kellyu]

I had a laparoscopy for endometriosis. When I woke up they told me they had to remove my appendix because it was literally rupturing as they were doing the ablation.

Of course all of the questions- why didn't you tell us you felt sick, why didn't you mention the pain, and so on. That pain was less than my "normal" period pain.

My point is, chronically ill people are getting dangerously high thresholds for pain. From years of dismissal, medical gaslighting, or being told flat out "that shouldn't hurt". (Still mad at the doc who had me walk in a fractured leg for 6 months because he didn't read the x-ray right).

Education has gotten much better these last 20 years, *and* the chronic illness pain scale still isn't recognized as different from the "normal" pain scale. Please validate that we know our bodies even if we aren't acting like you think we should be.

[lisapham]

Scary when nothing shows up on blood test and YOU have to insist on a CT scan.

[lornaginetteharrison]

Sadly here in the UK you’ll often get angrily told off by nurses and doctors for wasting their valuable time if you seek medical help then it turns out to be not actually serious. I’m so afraid of the nastiness of NHS healthcare workers if I’m wrong that I’ll absolutely try and push through the pain rather than get shouted at.

The only reason I eventually sought treatment for my broken ankle was that I actually heard a loud "snap" when it broke; but even then I still doubted myself, and right up until the X-rays came back I still expected them to be angry at me for wasting their time and resources.

Sadly two different doctors told my dad off for being a time waster when he suddenly went deaf overnight. They even refused to examine him. They patronisingly said that at his age he’d got to expect to lose his hearing (he was in his early 70s at the time). Unfortunately by the time my dad found a doctor who’d take him seriously, it was too late to save his hearing. He had a virus, that it’s suspected was caught from a tick bite, that caused his deafness. If he’d been treated with high dose steroids asap his hearing could’ve been salvaged.

[melpixie]

This is the tricky thing when you're chronically ill. Where all sorts of pain, stomach upsets etc are a normal part of day to day life. And playing the game of is this just a new symptoms of my illness or is there something major wrong.
Chronically ill people are also used to being gaslight and dismissed by healthcare professionals so are more likely to push through and ignore the pain.

[CaliGirl]

I'm glad he's okay! I come from one of those push-thru-the-pain families and at 16 when I finally told my mom that I had a fever, painful lower abdomen, and had been throwing up i was accused of being pregnant. By the time I got to the ER, a few days later I was already septic.

[viserion]

Some years ago i had the worst pain of my life in my lower right belly. I couldn’t walk, i could barely talk, anything. My friend rushed me to the ER en we thought it was appendicitis. It turned out to be an ovarian cyst twisting, but because of that they found a massive tumor as well. One emergency surgery and chemo later i was declared clean but use this as another sign to never ignore heavy pain in your belly

[Heather-]

My mom has one. It’s been extremely helpful with her suffering from long covid.

[pleasurepanda]

I'm great at ignoring symptoms. Last time I ignored symptoms I ended up in extreme pain before going to the ER. I had gangrene of the gallbladder and needed emergency surgery

[graphi]

Dont EVER just push through any sort of pain. Always be aware of it and when something isnt normal. Dont be afraid to see a doctor

[Bellecouleur]

Appendicitis does not necessarily present on the right side at the beginning. In my case it was an all-over tummyache and I could not pass gas so I felt I was inflating. I couldn’t eat for a full 24 hrs or so or drink and vomited until all that would come out was clear, chartreuse- tinted (greenish-yellow) fluid (watered-down bile). I went to the hospital at this point and it is only then that the pain started localising on the right.

The docs explained that the inflammation from the infected appendix had caused swelling in the intestines so they were clinging together like balloons and blocking air or waste from getting out, hence the inflated feeling. They told me the pain localised closer to the appendix popping. Sure enough, it popped between my scan and the surgery, while I was in the hospital on an iv drip etc.

Funny, I also got appendicitis soon after a plane trip and a covid infection. Also, the symptoms started a few weeks before. I would vomit off and on after eating relatively small amounts of food. I remember vomiting after having a meat patty and again after fruits that are hard to digest, like West Indian red plums, something that never normally happened to me. My normally cast-iron stomach turned very delicate.

[HikariMagic]

My wife was doubled over in pain, yet she was convinced that it was something that would pass. I had to pressure her to just get checked out. She ended up having gallstones and ended up needing the gallbladder removed.

[angelgirl]

And I’m glad he got help immediately when his ring which is considered a medical device warned him and sending prayers to his whole family

[clarewillison]

I’m still a bit stunned that his “elevated heart rate” was 60. I think I sometimes go that low during sleep. Please don’t “push through” or ignore pain: it’s an early warning system so pay attention. Be well x

[marylhere]

My great grandmother died of a burst appendix. My grandmother was 8. It changed the dynamic of our family for one hundred years.

[victoriousbooks]

Oura Rings are awesome.

I'm far from athlete. There have been many times in my life where I was bound to a wheelchair or a walker.

However, I have fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue and a seizure condition.

My oura ring helps me keep all of that in check because I automatically know the days they got enough sleep to go out and conquer the world as opposed to the days when I didn't get enough sleep or I get a symptom warning in my app and I know those are the days I'm supposed to sit close to home and not push myself.

It has made a huge difference in my ability to manage the overwhelm that can come with my conditions.

[mswitch]

My 86 year old grandmother just had to have her appendix taken out 5 days ago with many similar symptoms. Belly pains are not fun and definitely need to be taken seriously but we often just ignore them or have them ignored. Glad he’s doing better as is my grandmother

[abbienormals]

I am an elder millennial. When I was 8, my stomach hurt BAD. It was evening when my mom took me into the ER and the doc eventually saunters in after I waited for an eternity, taps on my stomach and says "Yep, it's appendicitis. Let's get this out."
And I have one four inch scar on my belly instead of three tiny ones.

Edit: this would have been in 1992.

[Beth-uxjn]

My coworker had her appendix rupture and said the pain, for her, wasn't that extreme until it had already ruptured. She gets IBS and said the discomfort and bloating weren't unfamiliar, so she just went to sleep and woke up with a ruptured appendix. Makes me concerned bc I have recurring unresolved gastrointestinal issues that doctors have brushed off. I would probably avoid seeing one for such symptoms, maybe with vomiting/fever being exceptions.

[KarenMiele]

I had my appendix removed it was the worst pain ever that I experienced. I was standing at work all day and my right side was bothering me but not bad. Then I sat in my car and when I got up to walk in my house I collapsed in pain. I had to crawl to get help. The doctor told me my appendix looks ugly and they are going to remove it by laparoscopic through the bellybutton. You can’t even see the scars.