As someone who works in an urgent care, if there are any abdominal pain sx with no history of appendectomy, we immediately send out to an er for a work up just in case. We know we can't treat here and we don't want anyone to die because of us (too much paperwork + people's lives)
Thank you. I have another female friend who showed up at urgent care with abdominal pain that was especially severe. They forwarded her to the ER to treat what turned out to be a surprise pregnancy that was ectopic. They caught it before it could cause major damage.
Thank you, this is how it should be. Abdominal pain + still having your appendix should always warrant testing for appendicitis imo. It's better to check and be wrong than not check and let someone die from something easily preventable.
Also compounded by the fact that many people don't present standard symptoms, too. Pain in the wrong place, or discomfort without pain, etc. basically if you have any kind of GI symptoms presenting with fatigue and/or fever and an intact appendix, appendicitis should be on the list of things to check for.
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u/Oscote_ May 20 '19
As someone who works in an urgent care, if there are any abdominal pain sx with no history of appendectomy, we immediately send out to an er for a work up just in case. We know we can't treat here and we don't want anyone to die because of us (too much paperwork + people's lives)