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What is the emergency symptom for appendicitis and how do you prevent from it? i kind of having a little pain on my appendix but eventually go away

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Abdominal pain righ: nausea vomiting and right lower quadrant abdominal pain increasing in intensity

Answered 8/6/2016

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A member asked:

What is the emergency symptom for appendicitis and how do you prevent from it? i kind of having a little pain on my appendix but eventually go away

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Herman Hammerstead answered

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