 [ Symptoms ] appendicitis when to go to the doctor  let me preface by saying i do not think i have appendicitis now i feel well  but i am just curious if you are having stomach painspotential appendicitis symptoms but the pain is not unbearable and you are not sure if it is appendicitis how long can you wait to see if it goes away would waiting a few hours be too long causing a rupture [ Disease ] if you have classic signs of appendicitis worsening right lower quadranat abdominal paintenderness then why wait in the past we would watch patients in the er for several hours but now the diagnostic test of choice is an abdominal ct scan most medical professionals would prefer that you do not wait i do not know if you are male or female but women would also need to consider ovarian or tube problems that could cause similar pain a ct would rule this out as well