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Question: I have had lower right abdomen pain all day it's not severe just dull achy pain that never goes away. Is this serious
Brief Answer:
May not be serious, better to get clinical evaluation and treated
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query.
Pain in lower right abdomen can be a serious thing and needs to be investigated.
This is so, because many times feeling that the pain will pass off makes the disease to progress and can lead to a serious thing later. Secondly many of the diseases start as mild form only.
Pain in abdomen , rather anywhere in the body is not normal at all.
And Particularly having pain in the right lower abdomen needs medical attention.
I would advise you the following:
-Getting clinical evaluation and physical examination by a Doctor. This helps to have a detailed history to be correlated to the findings and the reports of the investigations if done.
- A course of proper medications as per the clinical judgment, this can be a course of an antibiotic, metronidazole, probiotic and symptomatic medicines if the probable diagnosis is typhlitis (colitis) as being the commonest cause.
- Investigations of the blood, urine, stool and ultrasonography help to get or rule out a further diagnosis like: appendicitis, ovarian cyst, PID, right ureteric problems, Salpingitis and so on.
- Further treatment can be planned accordingly.
- If something serious is felt by your Doctor, He would advise you further special investigations of blood, CT scan ans so on to get an early and proper diagnosis so that a proper treatment can be planned.
This is a step by step approach in a hope not to miss anything. Usually the cause can be not so serious but this allows you to get the earliest diagnosis and proper curative treatment.
I hope this answer your query.
Please feel free to ask for further relevant queries if you need to or if you feel that there is a gap of communication.
May not be serious, better to get clinical evaluation and treated
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query.
Pain in lower right abdomen can be a serious thing and needs to be investigated.
This is so, because many times feeling that the pain will pass off makes the disease to progress and can lead to a serious thing later. Secondly many of the diseases start as mild form only.
Pain in abdomen , rather anywhere in the body is not normal at all.
And Particularly having pain in the right lower abdomen needs medical attention.
I would advise you the following:
-Getting clinical evaluation and physical examination by a Doctor. This helps to have a detailed history to be correlated to the findings and the reports of the investigations if done.
- A course of proper medications as per the clinical judgment, this can be a course of an antibiotic, metronidazole, probiotic and symptomatic medicines if the probable diagnosis is typhlitis (colitis) as being the commonest cause.
- Investigations of the blood, urine, stool and ultrasonography help to get or rule out a further diagnosis like: appendicitis, ovarian cyst, PID, right ureteric problems, Salpingitis and so on.
- Further treatment can be planned accordingly.
- If something serious is felt by your Doctor, He would advise you further special investigations of blood, CT scan ans so on to get an early and proper diagnosis so that a proper treatment can be planned.
This is a step by step approach in a hope not to miss anything. Usually the cause can be not so serious but this allows you to get the earliest diagnosis and proper curative treatment.
I hope this answer your query.
Please feel free to ask for further relevant queries if you need to or if you feel that there is a gap of communication.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
can it wait till my Dr office opens on Monday or should I go to emergency room?
Brief Answer:
Better to visit ER as the pain never goes away as per your history
Detailed Answer:
May I please know if you have any additional symptoms or findings like:
- How was the bowel movement today? Any loose or sticky stools ?
- Nausea, vomiting, bloating, incidences of sudden increase in pain ?
- Any radiation of the pain to other parts of abdomen / back / leg?
- Any past history of similar pains ?
If any of the above is present, it is better to visit ER. You get an early examination, investigations, ultrasonography.
Better to visit ER as the pain never goes away as per your history
Detailed Answer:
May I please know if you have any additional symptoms or findings like:
- How was the bowel movement today? Any loose or sticky stools ?
- Nausea, vomiting, bloating, incidences of sudden increase in pain ?
- Any radiation of the pain to other parts of abdomen / back / leg?
- Any past history of similar pains ?
If any of the above is present, it is better to visit ER. You get an early examination, investigations, ultrasonography.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Brief Answer:
Watch for any severity / alteration
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your feedback.
You may then wait till you see your Doctor on Monday. (I hope it is tomorrow, will this be after 36 hours or so? It is 11 am of Sunday, here in India).
If there is even a slightest of indications of alteration, please visit ER.
Watch for any severity / alteration
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your feedback.
You may then wait till you see your Doctor on Monday. (I hope it is tomorrow, will this be after 36 hours or so? It is 11 am of Sunday, here in India).
If there is even a slightest of indications of alteration, please visit ER.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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