While palpating the left abdominal quadrant and the patient reports pain in the right lower quadrant is called the Rovsing's sign. As the left illiac fossa is being palpated, it causes pain on the right illiac fossa This sign was named after the the Danish surgeon Niels Thorkild Rovsing.
This suggests that the client may be experiencing appendicitis. Appendicitis is the inflammation of the appendix. Symptoms include abdominal pain in the right and lower part of the abdomen, fever, nausea, decreased appetite and vomiting.
The mitochondria is where oxygen is needed.
