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Where is the Abdominal Pain located?

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Where is the abdominal pain usually located with gluten consumption / celiac disease? 

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darkhunter Newbie
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wondering the same. Is it ever where the appendix is? Can it be confused with an inflamed appendix/appendicitis ?

trents Grand Master
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I think it varies from person to person but for me, when I get glutened, the pain seems to be all over my abdomen. It's not in one spot. And I get violently ill with hours of throwing up, intensely painful gut spasms followed by a few hours of diarrhea. But I cannot pinpoint the discomfort.

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Seems like sometimes mine is localized to like the left lower side and spreads all over at some point with little sharp stabbing pains..  idk if that’s gas pains or what 

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I recall most of my issues were on my lower-right side, and I did think it was possibly appendicitis at the time.

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4 minutes ago, Scott Adams said:

I recall most of my issues were on my lower-right side, and I did think it was possibly appendicitis at the time.

I have had them on the right as well. I am hoping what I am feeling on the left is just related to gluten as well 

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1 hour ago, Scott Adams said:

I recall most of my issues were on my lower-right side, and I did think it was possibly appendicitis at the time.

Hi Scott, can I ask was it always in one very specific spot? Never seeming to move? I ask because for me I have a specific spot that seems to ache/have a dull pain from time to time. But it does not move. Early on I thought things like kidney stones, etc but given they never moved (should have passed by now) I ruled that out. I thought appendix but its been about 7 weeks now. So obviously it did not burst, or I would be dead by now, but I am thinking inflamed ? On the verge of bursting ? Gluten has come into mind as well as other food irritations. I also thought some kind of cancer or something, again mainly because its in what seems to be a fixed spot and is not moving.

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Scott Adams Grand Master
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I recall that I would have a general feeling of being unwell, and my entire gut seemed to be bloated and sometimes painful, but the main area I complained about when I visited my doctor was the center-right to lower-right quadrant. This was also the area the recovered soonest after going gluten-free. I believe that after a few days on a GFD the pain in that area was gone.

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Rebound tenderness is an indicator of appendicitis. As a kid I used to check myself all the time. Still have my appendix.

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researchers concluded that beyond fever, the most telltale signs are “rebound” tenderness or pain that occurs after pressure is removed abruptly from the lower right part of the abdomen   https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/does_this_child_have_appendicitis_watch_out_for_key_signs

 

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7 hours ago, Scott Adams said:

I recall that I would have a general feeling of being unwell, and my entire gut seemed to be bloated and sometimes painful, but the main area I complained about when I visited my doctor was the center-right to lower-right quadrant. This was also the area the recovered soonest after going gluten-free. I believe that after a few days on a GFD the pain in that area was gone.

i agree i felt that pain in center right to lower quadrant as well - especially if by accident i got glutened but it slowly subsided- once in a blue i get a twinge here and there 

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