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I just started this morning having almost like i pulled a muscle kind of feeling in my lower right area of my stomach. could it be my appendix?

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Dr. Ali Saberi answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

It's possible: If your pain gets worse especially with mild movements I would recommend going to the emergency room to have a CAT scan check out your appendix. It may be muscular but you never want to mess around with appendicitis potentially being there.

Answered 12/16/2017

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