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What are the symptoms of a ruptured appendix?

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Abdominal Pain: Very sick patient Generalised abdominal pain Vomiting Feeling very sick Fever at times Patient needs urgent attention and needs to go by ambulance to ER

Answered 6/3/2017

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Dr. Edward Hellman answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery

Severe: Severe abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting; possibly also associated with fever, chills, and abdominal distension.

Answered 6/3/2017

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Dr. Erik Borncamp answered

Specializes in Wound care

Severe pain : Pain that is no longer just in the right lower abdomen but that now spreads across the whole abdomen. Extremely sensitive to touch, coughing, bumps in the road. Fevers, racing heartbeat , shortness of breath weakness.

Answered 6/4/2017

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Dr. Alessandra Bertolucci answered

Specializes in Ophthalmology

Pain and fever: Appendicitis and a ruptured appendicitis can present in many ways. There might be a localized pain if there is an abscess or a generalized abdominal severe pain. The fever is very often present.

Answered 5/21/2019

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