What Causes Lower-Right Abdomen Pain Worse After Meals?

Lower-right abdomen pain worse after meals can have various causes, ranging in severity from 'very serious' to 'life-threatening'. Finding the true cause means ruling out or confirming each possibility – in other words, diagnosis.

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Diagnosis is usually a complex process due to the sheer number of possible causes and related symptoms. In order to diagnose lower-right abdomen pain worse after meals, we could:

Research the topic
Find a doctor with the time
Use a diagnostic computer system.

The process is the same, whichever method is used.

Step 1: List all Possible Causes

We begin by identifying the disease conditions which have "lower-right abdomen pain worse after meals" as a symptom. Here are two possibilities:

Crohn's Disease
Appendicitis

Step 2: Build a Symptom Checklist

We then identify all possible symptoms and risk factors of each possible cause, and check the ones that apply:

frequent episodes of diarrhea

weak appetite

somewhat elevated basophil count

trace amounts of occult blood

significant red blood in stools

Crohn's disease in remission

major right iliac pain after food

chronic abdominal pain

flatulence

moderate mid-abdomen pain after food

frequent stools

moderate abdominal pain

... and more than 20 others

Step 3: Rule Out or Confirm each Possible Cause

A differential diagnosis of your symptoms and risk factors finds the likely cause of lower-right abdomen pain worse after meals:

Cause	Probability	Status
Appendicitis	93%	Confirm
Crohn's Disease	65%	Possible

* This is a simple example to illustrate the process

Arriving at a Correct Diagnosis

The Analyst™ is our online diagnosis tool that learns all about you through a straightforward process of multi-level questioning, providing diagnosis at the end.

If you indicate abdominal pain increased by eating, The Analyst™ will ask further questions including this one:

LOWER-RIGHT abdomen: Do you experience discomfort or pain above the right hip that sometimes or always becomes worse after eating?

Possible responses:

→ No / I only have pain when I eat / don't know
→ Rarely / a few times a year
→ Yes, mild pain becomes moderate pain after eating
→ Yes, mild pain becomes severe pain
→ Yes, moderate pain becomes severe pain

Based on your response to this question, which may indicate meals worsen right iliac pain, The Analyst™ will consider possibilities such as:

Appendicitis

Crohn's Disease

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