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A member asked:

I had pinching type pain above my bellybutton in bed that lasted about a minute, then again like 8 hours later for 1min. could this be appendix?

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Dr. Mikhail Botvinov answered

Very unlikely: Very unlikely, this type of pain is not acute appendicitis type of pain.

Dr Rhoads and another doctor agreed

Answered 1/28/2018

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