I have had pain in my lower right abdomen for about 5 weeks now. 5 weeks ago I went to the emergency room because they thought it may be my appendix but it was just lose fluid, but they didn t know what kind of fluid. The next night we went back and they checked my blood and said nothing was wrong but they didn t take another xray or anything. I do have anxiety and I have had stomach aches from that before but this is different before it was an ache in the center of my stomach like butterflies but now this time it is in the lower right of my stomach and it is now starting to be slightly on my left so I was just wondering if you could think of any main things it could. thanks
Hi. Thanks for your query. Your history is rally classical as if from the text-books. The pain had been in the center of the abdomen and shifted to the right lower abdomens is very classical of appendicitis. Appendicitis, even though a common surgical problem can present in many forms and is really very difficult in many cases. Usually a high resolution ultrasonography helps in a diagnosis and CT scan is confirmatory in almost all the cases. I would advise seeing a Gastroenterologist and request for a CT scan of the abdomen to get a proper diagnosis. If this is appendicitis, you have to undergo appendectomy operation as it is already late. Left sided mild pain can be due to spread of infection to this part of the abdomen.