pain in right abdomen

[bornfamous]

I have a throbbing pain that comes and goes on my right side at the waistline. It just started about an hour ago but since it's quite sharp and I've never had it before, it's a little alarming. I'm thinking appendicitis, but I may be jumping to conclusions.

[bornfamous]

Thank you so much. I have a doc appt. tomorrow and will definitely have her check it out. Haven't had any pains for about 20 minutes, so I'm hoping it was just some minor digestive problem.

[Bhupinder Kaur, MD]

Hello,

There are many possibilities to your symptoms.The most likely one is appendicitis(inflammation of the appendix).Others are irritable bowel syndrome(irregular bowel movements of constipation and diarrhea along with the pain and nausea are there), Crohn's disease(Crohn's disease most commonly affects the last part of the small intestine, usually located in the right lower abdomen) ,kidney infections, intestinal obstruction, mesenteric occlusion or enteritis.

Without examaintion and investigations like an ultrasound and CT scan abdomen,diagnosis is tough.So I sincerely advise you to take an opinion from a gastroenterologist/physician and get a clinical examination and ultrasound done to confirm a diagnosis.

Hope it helps.Take care and pls do keep us posted if you have any additional queries.