APPENDICITIS

APPENDICITIS

painful swelling and infection of the appendix is a finger-like pouch attached to line and located in the lower right area of the inside of the appendix is called the Mucus created by the appendix travels lumen and empties into the large
get appendicitis, but it is more common in io 30 years old. Appendicitis leads to minal surgeries than any other cause


enlarged lymph tissue in the wall of the appendix, caused by infection in the gastrointestinal tract or elsewhere in
the body. inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohns disease and ulcerative colitis. Trauma to the abdomen. An inflamed appendix will likely burst if not removed. Bursting spreads infection throughout the abdomen potentially dangerous condition called peritonitis.

SYMPTOMS OF APPENDICITIS

Most people with appendicitis have classic symptoms Unit a doctor can easily identify. The main symptom <»l appendicitis is abdominal pain. The abdominal pain usually Occurs suddenly, often causing a person to wake up at night.

occurs before other symptoms
begins near the belly button and then moves lower to the right.
is new and unlike any pain felt before.
gets worse in a matter of hours.
gets worse when moving around, taking deep breaths, coughing, or sneezing.


Other symptoms of appendicitis may include:

loss of appetite.
nausea.
vomiting.

tinstipation or diarrhoea.
inability to pass gas.
 low grade fever that follows other symptoms.
itltiliiminal swelling.
livllng that passing stool will relieve discomfort.