If you also have stomach pain-or if your fever is worsening-consult your doctor. If your appendix is inflamed, "the body responds by releasing several chemicals to ring the alarm and bring fighter cells to the area, which can manifest as localized pain as well as whole-body symptoms like fever and chills," says McFadden. (These are the 8 most common causes of UTIs.) You're shivering and running a fever.Ī fever and chills means there's inflammation somewhere in your body. Of course, this could also signal a UTI, but when coupled with other symptoms on this list it could point to appendicitis. As a result, you may feel like you have to pee all the time-and it hurts when you do. And when the bladder comes into contact with an inflamed appendix, the bladder also becomes inflamed and irritated, says Cedrek McFadden, MD, a board-certified GI surgeon at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville and the Greenville Health System. In some people, the appendix is positioned lower in the pelvis, so it's pretty close to the bladder. You're running to the bathroom a lot more than usual. While this doesn't necessarily mean your appendix is about to burst, you may need an imaging test, like a CT scan, to find out. Your stomach hurts more than it ever has before.Īppendicitis usually causes severe pain that extends from the belly button to the lower right side of the abdomen, says Caudle. Here are some warning signs that warrant a call to your doc-or maybe even a trip to the ER. Not every case of appendicitis will lead to the organ bursting, but the longer the condition goes unchecked, the greater the risk. "If it is not treated, your appendix can rupture, which can be life-threatening," says Jennifer Caudle, DO, a board-certified family physician and assistant professor at Rowan School of Osteopathic Medicine. While appendicitis is much less common, about 5% of the population eventually ends up with it, and if you fall into that unlucky group, you'll need to figure it out as soon as possible. You've probably also had the displeasure of experiencing food poisoning or a stomach virus at least once or twice in your life. Most people are pretty familiar with run-of-the-mill tummy troubles like constipation and diarrhea.
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