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Appendicitis or something else?

Hi everyone - I have an ultrasound later but was wondering whether someone can shed some light onto what might be going on. I have a pain to the right of my belly button - feels like a bruise when I touch it but doesn't hurt any other time. I am fearing it might be my appendix. I do not have any fever, nausea, diarrhea or severe cramping but when I review the location of the pain online it is pretty spot on with where the appendix is. I am a woman PS - not sure if this matters.... So I went for the ultrasound....come to find out the doctor ordered it for my uterus/ovaries! She was thinking ovarian cyst. Well I DO have one on the right side but do not think its the culprit. I asked the technician to look at my appendix - she said you rarely see them on an ultrasound and when I showed her the area - she said that she didn't think it was appendix. UGH! I am so worried though because now I do not know for sure. Doctor says she would hate to send me for a CT scan unnecessarily as she doesn't think the symptoms really match up and are that severe. I am leaving the country on Thursday and REALLY hope it is not my appendix!!!!!!!!

Public Comments

1. It could be anything, but if it's appendix you definitely want it to be diagnosed asap.
2. It doesn't sound all that extreme so it probably isn't appendicitis. It is relevant that you are a woman, since if you were a man I would say that it sounds like a hernia. Hernias are much more common in men than women, but that might still be what you have.
3. The other big pain maker for the body is pinched muscles in the back. They will give you pains where pinched, send some pains around the body on the nerves or can press onto the nerves, as they leave the spine, going to the organs to make them go into pain. That being said if you free up your back muscles you would get rid of most any other pain you could have in your body, except for if it was appendicitis. Here's how to free up the muscles to get rid of pains they cause: Back: (do from a sitting position) Place your left hand on your left leg next to your body. Place your right hand over your left shoulder, fingers over the back and the palm in the front and firmly pull down on them and hold. After 30 seconds slowly lower your body forward and to the outside of your left leg, keeping your left arm fairly straight as you do. When you reach your lap remain there for another 10 seconds, release the pressure but rest there for another 30 seconds. Then reverse your hand positions and do your right side. For best results relax your body first by taking a deep breath and exhaling then remain this relaxed. If the pain remains then it more than likely is appendicitis.
4. it may be an ovarian cyst or something similar it is in the same area as the appendix. when i had appendicitis they thought it was an ovarian cyst at first. ultrasound will resolve either issue.