5 Warning Signs Your Appendix is about to Explode

Last Updated on January 7, 2021

While many people are very familiar with most common tummy troubles, appendicitis is much less common. In the U.S, over 5% of the population develops appendicitis at some point.

So, whether it was appendicitis or not we have all somehow experienced this misfortune of an upset stomach. We’ve all had to deal with abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, or constipation but trust me that pain caused by appendicitis is quite different. It’s even worst that you can imagine. This isn’t an exaggeration!

Worried about your health? Here are 5 warning signs that you should never ignore. They will either warrant a call to your doctor or take you on a trip to the emergency room.
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5 Warning Signs Your Appendix is about to Explode

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Note: not every case of appendicitis leads to burst, still, the longer the condition goes unchecked, the greater the risk.

#1 – Your stomach hurts as it has never before

It is important to understand first what Appendicitis means. Well, appendicitis is a very painful swelling of the appendix. The latter is a small pouch connected to the large intestine.

Jennifer Caudle, DO, a board-certified family physician and assistant professor at Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine says that appendicitis normally causes a severe pain in the belly button and which extends along the lower right side of the abdomen.

Of course, stomach pain can be caused by many other factors but if you are suffering from this particular pain described by Caudle, then you might want to visit your doctor for a quick check-up.

An imaging test, like a CT scan, might be needed to find out what’s really going on in your appendix. No worries this doesn’t necessarily mean that your appendix is about to burst in any minute but precautions should better be taken in such cases.

However, you should learn to listen to your body and understand the messages it is sending you, says Dan Gingold, MD, an emergency physician at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore. Your body can send you signs telling you that there is something going wrong inside.