<s>[INST] Hi, I am in medical anatomy and we ve been talking about the quadrants. I know that in the lower right quadrant is where your appendix is. Anytime I apply pressure to the lower right area, I feel pain. Is it appendicitis? I haven t really had a fever or anything but it just started today. Any suggestions? Oh and I m a female [/INST] DEAR MAMMALS UR AGE??ACUTE APPENDICITIS IS AN EMERGENCY AND SHOULD NOT BE NEGLECTED ITS COMMON IN YOUNG AGE GROUPIE SYMPTOMS ARE PAIN AROUND UMBILICUS GRADUALLY MIGRATING TO RIGHT ILIAD FOSSA, NAUSEA,VOMITING, FEVERGET A CONSULTATION AND GET ONE ULTRASOUND SCAN OF ABDOMEN AND PELVIS DONE TO RULE OUT APPENDICITIS.AND GO FOR TOTAL AND DIFFERENTIAL COUNTS OF LEUKOCYTES (BLOOD TESTS) IF ABOVE 12000 TOTAL COUNT AND USG CONFIRMING APPENDICITIS U SHOULD GO AHEAD FOR APPENDICECTOMYARE U EXPECTING A PREGNANCY???IT MIGHT BE RUPTURED ECTOPIC PREGNANCY OR PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE EVEN...USG ABDOMEN RULES OUT AND GIVES U A PROPER DIAGNOSIS...GO AHEAD WITH THAT </s>