What are the symptoms of potential appendicitis?
Patient: I had my appendix out in march, beacuse i had pain in my right hand side they wernt sure if it was my appendix or not so they had a look inside but could not find anything else so they took my appendix out now since having the operation i still get pain in my right hand side the doctor told me it will just be scaring but the last few weeks the pain has got alot worse, i feel sick, pain in the right hand side, pain up the side of my right side of my back, high temperature, hurts when i go for a wee just at that side of tummy, going for a wee more than noraml. I have been signed of sick now for three weeks! I have had lots of tests done, eg blood tests, urine samples, ultra soundscans, internal examination but found nothing! any ideas???? I have seen a gynecologist at the hospital and they did an internal and found nothing but now the doctors are sending me back to them Doctor: Hi.Thanks for your query.I can understand the plight you must be going through as you are having pains in spite of the surgery for looking inside, which was normal and they removed the appendix.The symptoms of potential appendicitis are :  Pain starts in the upper abdomen and shifts to the right power quadrant, with or without other symptoms of nausea, vomiting, fever , loose motions or constipation; the pain can be mild or very much severe. Your problem looks to be related to IBS: Get remaining tests of CT scan of the abdomen and Colonoscopy to rule out other diseases. If all the investigations are normal , this is a case of IBS- Irritable Bowel Syndrome and you will be fine.