19yo ignores severe pain as constipation, then she sees ‘something that was not supposed to be there.’ But the problem continues to get ‘bigger’

Pain as a symptom can sometimes make you overlook a much bigger problem in your body. Elizabeth Langlais, a 19-year-old student going through college, had to learn that the hard way.

A pain near her appendix started bothering Langlais, and within days, it was bad enough that walking became difficult. Her roommates urged her to go to the hospital, and she figured the problem was her appendix.