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Symptom Checker
Step 4: Read and complete the decision guide to learn more about your symptoms.
Understanding New and Severe Abdominal Pain
You do not have a high risk for a pelvic infection, so a fever would suggest an infection that involves a part of your colon.
If you have a fever, it would make an infection that involves a part of your colon a likely possibility.
Do you have a fever?
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