Health - Pain in Lower Right Side

Is it in the actual bone area? Can she tell where it's coming from? I have serious back issues and one of the first things they ask is if I have any numbness in my legs. That can be a sign of issues with nerves - a pinched nerve, something on the nerve, or nerve damage.

She needs to go to the doctor, obviously. Even if someone here tells you something that sounds right - better safe then sorry.

Why isn't she seeing a doctor? This sounds serious. It could even be appendicitis, which may become a life-threatening emergency.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appendicitis
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/appendicitis/ds00274

Or it could be one of these:
(Taken from

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/abdominal-pain/MY00390/D...
)

Causes of lower right abdominal pain include:

* Aortic aneurysm
* Appendicitis
* Cancer
* Cholecystitis (gallbladder inflammation)
* Diverticulitis
* Ectopic pregnancy
* Endometriosis
* Inguinal hernia
* Injury
* Intestinal obstruction
* Kidney infection
* Kidney stones
* Mittelschmerz (pain associated with ovulation)
* Ovarian cysts
* Salpingitis (inflammation of the fallopian tubes)
* Seminal vesiculitis (inflammation of the seminal vesicles)
* Tuboovarian abscess (pus-filled pocket involving a fallopian tube and an ovary)
* Viral gastroenteritis (stomach flu) (stomach inflammation)

I would have her see a doctor right away... Better be safe than sorry.

I've had the same problem and I went to a chiropractor. My hip was slightly out of place placing pressure on the nerves. After a few treatments I was okay.

Could it be the sciatic nerve being pinched? Definitely get her to a dr - she needs a physician diagnosis. Try multiple drs to make sure they all agree - maybe even throw a chiropractor opinion in too . . . you don't want to chance that one may have overlooked something.

the first thing i think of is appendix...how long has she had this pain...does she have any pain in her back? i had a ruptured disc in my back and i had pain down the front of my leg and then it would drop down to my lower leg...she would probably need to see a doctor. did she recently do anything to her back? i never had the leg go numb...just pain...but if something is pressing on a nerve or something i am sure it could go numb. my husband had a ruptured disc and he experienced pain down the back of his leg and numbness.

how you can figure out what it is soon.

I am not sure about the pain in the leg. I know that when I had cysts on my ovaries, it was the worst pain I had ever gone through. Sometimes it did feel like it was a shooting pain down the right side of my body. She really needs to talk to her doctor about the pain. However, if the doctor recommends a sonogram and a ct scan. Have them do the sonogram first and read the results before they do the ct scan. If it is cysts, it will show up on a sonogram. This is keep her from paying the huge price of a ct scan. I got screwed that way.

If she is pregnant she needs to talk to her ob. it could be a problem with the siatic nerve.