Over the long weekend myself, my boyfriend, and several of our friends attended a few barbeques. For the next few days following the last one, four of us developed symptoms that seem to be either a stomach bug or food poisoning. We were leaning towards food poisoning due to the sudden onset of the symptoms (fine one minute, then violently ill the next). So when I developed a stomachache and bad diarrhea yesterday morning, I figured that I was just falling victim to it as well. I stayed hydrated and by today the diarrhea was gone. However, I am left with abdominal pain that won't go away. Normally I would think nothing of it since I was sick just yesterday. But what makes me slightly nervous is the fact that the pain is only around the belly button and on the lower right side. I know that it was definitely either a stomach bug or food poisoning since others around me were sick with similar symptoms too. But can something like food poisoning lead to appendicitis? Should I be worried, or should I just assume that these are pains associated with being sick and that it is pure coincidence where they are located?

Can you ask people that also went to the same picnics if they were/are having problems?

That's why I'm slightly nervous... everyone's symptoms have cleared up. I seem to be the only one with this lingering abdominal pain on the right side.

Since others did have symptoms then you should go to the hospital and see what they say.

OR you could be getting appendicitis and it just happened to hit when others were getting sick. When in doubt a good visit to your doctor is never a bad idea