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Is It Possible To Live Through Undiagnosed Appendicitis?

just wondering if it is possible to live through undiagnosed appendicitis? instead of vomiting, it was diarrhea. then constipation, mostly diarrhea for months. literally felt like being stabbed for 10 months, before the pain was dulled by pain meds. they had to be increased up to 100mg. s of oxycodone a day, and i finally got so sick, i vomited ,hallucinated and my upper right abdomen and right kidney was hurting. but after receiving antibiotics, i am no longer on pain meds, tho i do believe i suffered alot of damage to my peritoneal membrane. this happened immediately after robotic surgery, which happened right after exploratory showed pus wheths before ovaries had been removed 3 months before. three weeks after ovaries were removed, i hurt myself trying to save my neighbor, when she went into respiratory arrest. the infection was, i believe, misdiagnosed as blood clots. after all this, i don t have any money in the bank right now. but i will on june 3rd, if you ll keep this and send me an email to answer. YYYY@YYYY
Thu, 25 Sep 2014
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Hi ! Good morning. i am Dr Shareef answering your query.

The diarrhoea and pain could have been due to the the pus in the pelvis which might have irritated the colon and so the resulting diarrhoea. In case it was an appendicular abscess, many times there is no reason to look for a persisting appendix again, as the whole appendix might have got sloughed of its own in the process of infection and formation of an abscess. Now that you have got relief, continue with the treatment of your treating doctor. However, in case of recurrence of the pain, you have to get yourself reviewed by your surgeon again at the time of abdominal pain.

I hope this information would help you in discussing with your family physician/treating doctor in further management of your problem. Please do not hesitate to ask in case of any further doubts.

Thanks for choosing health care magic to clear doubts on your health problems. I wish you an early recovery. Dr Shareef.
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Is It Possible To Live Through Undiagnosed Appendicitis?

Hi ! Good morning. i am Dr Shareef answering your query. The diarrhoea and pain could have been due to the the pus in the pelvis which might have irritated the colon and so the resulting diarrhoea. In case it was an appendicular abscess, many times there is no reason to look for a persisting appendix again, as the whole appendix might have got sloughed of its own in the process of infection and formation of an abscess. Now that you have got relief, continue with the treatment of your treating doctor. However, in case of recurrence of the pain, you have to get yourself reviewed by your surgeon again at the time of abdominal pain. I hope this information would help you in discussing with your family physician/treating doctor in further management of your problem. Please do not hesitate to ask in case of any further doubts. Thanks for choosing health care magic to clear doubts on your health problems. I wish you an early recovery. Dr Shareef.