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I just had my appendix taken out a few weeks ago and I tested this out with my symptoms, but it said that I had a 0% chance of appendicitis. I went to the appendicitis page and added two of the recommended ones (fever and bloated abdomen) but it only raised it to 1%!

Granted, appendicitis is pretty rare but I would've expected something higher.

On the plus side, it would've coached me towards Diverticulitis with a "Call 911 and go to the emergency room now" which would've led me to the right place/right conclusion (at one point when I was in pain, I'd thought I'd sleep on it but decided against it -- lucky for me, I didn't and went right to the hospital ... when I got there, they said it was about to burst.)



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