Hello, my 20 year old daughter has been experiencing pain, mainly around the right side of the abdomen. She visited the doctor today, and as well as sending her off for a blood test, CT scan and urine test, put her on antibiotics. I'd never heard that antibiotics could be used in this case, so that's why I've gone online, to your site, to check out any information. The information has been helpful, talking of appendicitis being due to infection, and how sometimes medication can be sufficient rather than surgery.