# Could adhesions cause this?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 27, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-adhesions-cause-this/197901 "2003-08-27T03:46:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![terd\_ferguson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@terd\_ferguson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terd_ferguson)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-adhesions-cause-this/197901/1 "2003-08-27T03:46:26Z")

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About 10 days ago I woke up with pretty intense pain in my abdomen, fever, nausea, no appetite, diarrhea, and it was just a little uncomfortable during urination. These were almost exactly the same symptoms I experienced when I was coming down with appendicitis back in January. It was a Saturday so I didn’t have a chance to get in to my physician or surgeon and I was feeling a little saucy so I decided to just wait it out. I would have had it checked it eventually, but all of the symptoms went away that night. Since then, I have had some occasional lingering discomfort in my side, although I have felt it off and on since my appendectomy. It has just been a little more pronounced since then. From what I was told, the surgery went very well. My appendix didn’t rupture and there wasn’t any excessive bleeding during the surgery, but my case was slightly unusual in that I had chronic appendicitis. I came down with appendicitis on a Friday night and when I went to the doctor the next Monday I was feeling slightly better. That Tuesday all of the symptoms were gone aside from some pressure down there. To make a long story somewhat shorter, I had the appendectomy 7 weeks after I initially came down with the symptoms. I was wondering if waiting that long might have had something to do with this latest development. I was wondering if adhesions could be the cause of symptoms like that. And if I have adhesions would they have to be removed? I have had discomfort in my side for a while, but I thought that should be expected after the surgery and what have you, but this was a bit more than I care for. Thanks for your help.

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**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-adhesions-cause-this/197901/2 "2003-08-27T05:10:36Z")

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OK, all together now:

GO TO THE DOCTOR ASAP!

Don´t take that as if I´ve seen something to rise worries in your description, but, well, you know; better to prevent than to cure.