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Lower abdomen pain, food poisoning? Appendicitis? Something else?

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marne2 · 08/08/2014 20:09

I have been on holiday all week, was due to home today and last night at 11pm I got sudden stomach cramps in my lower abdomen quickly followed by diarrhoea, I took pain killers and anti sickness meds ( always have these on me as I am petrified of being sick ), the pain got worse and became more localised to the right hand side, eventually at 2.30am ( after having a bath ) I managed to get a hours sleep, at 7am I woke the dd's and decided it was best to go home ( I was on my own with the dd's and dh was at home ), managed to drive home in a lot of pain and spent the rest of the day in bed. I have now been in pain for almost 24 hours, I have a dull pain all the time and then a more intense pain which comes and goes, I can't seem to get comfortable and my temperature keeps going up and down.

We ate out yesterday and I had prawns ( something I don't normally risk ), could it be food poisoning? I also have overran cysts and get pain around ovulation but have never had it this bad, could it be a cyst causing it? Or should I be worried about appendicitis ?

I know I should probably get checked out but I have no one to take me to A&e as dh would need to stay with the dd's ( who are now in bed ), dh has offered to take me in the morning if I'm still in pain.

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MissVanDyke · 09/08/2014 10:43

Just seen this message and wanted to see how you are? I would personally get checked out if I were you as it sounds like it could potentially be a lot of things.

marne2 · 09/08/2014 12:09

woke up feeling a bit better, attempted a piece of toast but now feeling grotty again Sad. Pretty sure its some kind of food poisoning, hopefully im on the mend, just wish I could eat something, toast bloats me anyway as gluten doesn't agree with me, I don't have much else in as I have just returned from holiday, might try some apple later.

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