Appendicitis

YES!! Today Im going to talk about appendicitis. Appendicitis is also one of the common disease. Before we learn about appendicitis, we nit to 1st know about appendix.

WHAT IS APPENDIX??

• The appendix is a fingerlike pouch attached to the large intestine and located in the lower right area of the abdomen.

APPENDICITIS

• Is an infection of appendix.

CAUSES

• Obstruction of appendical lumen.
• feces, parasites, or growths that clog the appendiceal lumen
• enlarged lymph tissue in the wall of the appendix
• inflammatory bowel disease
• trauma to the abdomen

RISK FACTOR

•  People who are age 10 to 30 years old

SYMPTOMS

Pain site

• Pain at the right side
• Abdominal pain: (occurs suddenly, often causing a person to wake up at night,begins near the belly button and then moves lower and to the right, gets worse when moving around, taking deep breaths, coughing, or sneezing)
• loss of appetite
• nausea
• vomiting
• constipation or diarrhea
• inability to pass gas
• a low-grade fever that follows other symptoms
• abdominal swelling
• the feeling that passing stool will relieve discomfort

TREATMENT

• Surgery - removing appendix (appendectomy)
• Medication: by giving antibiotic and encourage soft diet

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