r/appendicitis

What are first symptoms and how long until it’s obvious? Does pain come and go at first? Does it take days? Hours? Etc?

Thanks 🙏

My appendix ruptured. Was discharged yesterday with a drain. Was able to do some light housework today and did the full shower/getting ready process.

Conservative (non-surgical) treatment of my CT diagnosed uncomplicated appendicitis turned into a medical train wreck for me.. Have anyone else had problems after their appendicitis was treated with antibiotics only..? 49M in the UK.

ive been having this issue for since monday, and ive been very concerned with what could be wrong. On early monday morning i was woken up to a pain all over my stomach, which stayed for 30 mins - 1 hr. it then calmed down and the pain went to my lower right abdomen. The pain wasnt that bad though, the following days the pain isnt really there, its just a bit painful to the touch but almost none at all. I went to the doctor yesterday, but I was told the pain i was feeling was in an area that related more to my colon, and i was given medicine to get rid of inflammation in my intestine. Ive also been taking fiber supplements and have been going to the restroom fine without complications other than the fact sometimes i feel a bit of pressure when going. I also feel like the area is the tiniest bit inflamed, and the area just feels uncomfortable when I dont touch it. Im waiting on some blood and urine labs the doctor asked me to take, but im not sure if theyre supposed to determine appendicitis or other issues. Im a bit paranoid considering I didnt know how serious appendicitis was as i didnt do my research, so i would appreciate guidance

Hey all. I was diagnosed at the ER on Father’s Day with acute appendicitis. They admitted me to the hospital and gave me the option between surgery or IV/antibiotics. They said I am young enough and caught it early enough that IV/antibiotics was the recommended treatment.

The IV went well, as did the antibiotics. I finished the antibiotics on Monday of this week but am feeling some cramping near my right rib cage. I no longer feel any pain in the area they looked at when I originally went to the ER.

Is this soreness/cramping normal? Should I go back to the ER? To be clear, it’s not hindering any of my day to day activities. When I originally had it, I cried from the pain and couldn’t tolerate eating. I’ve been living a normal life and watching my diet. Is this just my insides healing? Is there something more at work? Anyone experience something similar?

Thank you!

Hi all, had my appendix out on the 15th June, spent 48 hours in hospital beforehand on antibiotics (couldn’t eat) and then post surgery I ate very little from the discomfort and stayed on antibiotics for a full week (3 days IV, 4 days pills).

Realistically I have only been off the antibiotics for about five days but I am having a 4-5 loose bowel movements a day. I just wanted to know how “normal” this is?

My surgeon said to me to expect gut disruption and to let them know if it became very poor (straight liquid) as that might suggest an infection. I’m not quite there but also things aren’t really normal

I am trying to step up fibre intake and probiotics but it’s a bit of a mission eating normally again!

Hi guys, i had my appendix removed 13 days ago and i fell okay for the most part. I have decided to go back to work on monday but now i am maybe regretting the idea I don’t know if it is too early because of the internal scarring and sitting in the office chair for 8 hours. Did anyone came back to work and had an okay experience?

Over the last several months I occasionally get a sharp pain in my lower right abdomen. I might get it twice in a week and I might not get it for two months after that. But the pain literally only lasts like 30 seconds then it's gone, it's not something that lingers for a day or anything.

Yesterday I woke up at 4 AM with severe pain on the right side of my belly button. It felt like something heavy was pressing from inside, or like gas was trapped. The pain kept getting worse every few minutes.

At its peak I literally could not get up from the mattress or speak properly. I also vomited two to three times. A relative who is a homeopathic doctor suggested some drops, and after a couple of hours I gradually felt better and was able to sleep.

The whole episode lasted roughly 5-6 hours total.

I considered appendicitis but from what I've read, appendicitis doesn't just resolve on its own like that. So now I'm not sure what it was. Could it have been a grumbling appendix? A severe gas episode? Something else entirely?

Has anyone experienced something similar — that kind of intense, localized pain on the lower right side that came and went within a few hours? Would love to hear what it turned out to be for you.

Just getting out of an appointment with my GP, and I'm a little bit annoyed. I've been having lower right abdominal pain since like February, and I am almost certain that it's chronic appenicitis. The weeks I was waiting to see this doctor have been hell, all for her to simply deny its existence and refer me to a mental health specialist.

I'm rather annoyed.

So I’m almost a year post-op but I’ve just discovered this subreddit. Did anyone else get really intense pain in the shoulders/neck post-op? For like maybe a week after surgery my neck and shoulders were in so much pain, it literally felt like my head was going to explode. What was that?? It resolved itself throughout recovery, but I still wonder what could’ve caused that.