Appendicitis: Early Symptoms and Most common questions. How do you check if you have appendicitis?
Appendicitis The appendix is part ot the large intestine and has the shape and size of an earthworm. It is usually in the lower abdomen on the right side, but its position may vary. It serves no function, but that doesn't mean it should be removed. The indefensible vogue for that sort of surgery has passed. Inflammation of the appendix is caused by a bacterial infection usually associated with blockage of its opening. The complications of acute appendicitis include rupture and peritonitis with intra abdominal abscesses. The operation for the unruptured appendix carries a very small risk in otherwise healthy individuals. A ruptured appendix, on the other hand, even in this day of antibiotics, carries a bad outlook in about five in one hundred individuals. In order to prevent acute appendicitis some surgeons may choose to remove the normal appendix when they are operating in the abdomen for another disease. Is it true that the disease is less common than it was twenty five year...