A member asked:

I've been pressing on my abdomen a lot lately to check for appendicitis pain. can pressing too much / too hard damage anything?

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Dr. Herman Hammerstead answered

Specializes in Trauma Surgery

NO: If you had appendicitis you wouldn't need to press to have pain. Along with the fever, nausea and emesis

Answered 11/27/2017

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