Help please, hernia or something else?

My first thought is Chronic Appendicitis

Chronic appendicitis really? I thought it just got worse and worse over a short period of time. I didn't realise it could go on -

rumbling I suppose?

Yes it's often called 'rumbling' or more archaically 'grumbling', it can go on aching for years with no or minimal ill effects, a course of Antibiotics may help roll back the clock on it,, but of course (as has been mentioned elsewhere) it can quickly escalate to it's acute form at any time Good luck talking to your GP,, Abdominal problems do their heads in ;D

been for a scan this morning and no kidney stones or bladder problems. Asked them to check for ovarian probs and as far as they could see nothing there either. Still got the nasty pain in the area of my appendix - several months now and sporadic so I realise it's not dangerous. Annoying though. I'll ask GP about it at next pointment.

I have a femoral hernia but I was lying on my rightside when suddenly I got excruiating pains. The pain was so bad I couldnt sleep. I went to A&E. To cut a long story short, consultant first thought appendix, then kidney stones, then gallstones then he called me a mystery. I had an internal ultrasound and a ultrasound on my belly, all female bits were fine. But I asked the Radiologist to find my hernia, my doctor diagnosed it due to where I was pointing when it hurt, he did find it but he was a very experienced Radiologist and had to go extremely deep into my abdomen to find it. I am not sure if you do sports of any kind, or lift heavy items, there are known causes for hernias. It might be worth doing some research because the consultants/doctors come across hernias in A&E when they get strangulated because they dont know enough to diagnose them before. Also in young women with all their female bits the symptoms are different, periods can get heavier, bladder infections can increase, bowels play up etc.

My consultant has only seen very old women or obese women with hernias he hasnt come across young active women so he wants me to see a gyne.... men

Thanks Wacky - mm very interesting indeed.

Hi, glad you found it useful. Obviously you must make your own mind up. I have spent a lot of money and really got nowhere. But that has been in a very short space of time, I have no patience. I have also spent a considerable amount of time trying to find out where it all went wrong and why I am sitting here without a diagnosis. I really could kick up a stink but for the moment I am just trying to help other women by telling them about this. It is not a disease, a femoral hernia is a rupture, an explosion, whereby the intestines shoot out and POSSIBLY in your case bruise the whole area then shoot back in again. There are other symptoms you may get with it. I found some very useful articles that I have posted under "femoral hernia" "hernia" on this site which didnt suprise me. I found another woman with "shooting pain attacks in right groin area m33r4 have a look at her discussion thread. It is difficult in the early stages because if you look up right groin pain it can be appendix, kidney stones, gallstones, ovary, I am sure the list is endless. You havent mentioned if you have other symptoms? But if you have female problems, bowel problems, bladder problems even of a small nature they can be linked to a femoral hernia. Also try not to dismiss it as a possible diagnosis, I am sure many women think "thats a mans thing". I have had the fortune of having a CT scan, MRI scan, 3 ultrasounds and nothing except a small cyst has been found. The cyst I believe is linked to my femoral hernia, it only appeared in the MRI and not in my first US, as far as I am concerned it isnt a problem, they come and go. Have a look at the articles I found on google. Also think about your symptoms carefully, what exactly is the pain like, where exactly is it coming from. My righthand pain would change a bit so I nearly drew a dot with marker pen on my tummy to aid me telling the GP. We have such a short time with the GP (10 mins), then he Consultant (15ms) that if you forget to say something you are stuck. I think this is one of the reasons why mistakes are made. I think it is certainly worth bearing in mind that you may have a femoral hernia. Look at my list of causes, another one I forgot to say is injury to that area, a punch or sideboard, presumably a painful incident in itself. (I have read this, not made up).

Do a bit of research on appendicitis as my mother had it at a later age (45) and it was the first thing I thought my pain was. My mothers pain was excruciating and she felt nausea with it. Very very painful. My mother had three very painful sessions every year and eventually it was discovered three years later when they did a gynea test. Nowadays (30 years later) there must be better tests to diagnose it.Her appendix was black by the time they took it out but it hasnt affected her long term health. GPs have test they do with their hands on the area and when they release their hands if you suffer pain then it could definitely be appendix. Have you had the test, I would think it is routine if you point to that area as having pain. Have you had a blood test, is it all clear. A hernia wont show in a blood test it isnt a disease/infection, like I suppose if you fractured your leg it wouldnt show in a blood test. My mother didnt get diagnosed for three years because it was only after they opened her up that they discovered her bowel covered her appendix (the little tail at the end). I would think unusual but I was aware of this and "told" A&E as I am very likely to have same anatomy. So I would suggest (I could be wrong) that appendix pain would be very severe. My pain is very painful but it is a different pain, so difficult to describe, but at my worst stage I wasnt feeling sick with the pain, it was just bloody painful. By grumbling appendix I think they mean hurts goes away and then comes back. See if you can find someone who definitely has appendicitis and can describe the pain for you. Kidney stones again are painful but as far as I know (again do your research) they just leave you to pop them out yourself and I decided at the time that I didnt have that type of pain and I didnt have the symptoms, the CT scan confirmed this.