Key Ways To Identify Appendicitis By Joseph Bennington-Castro
This article written by Joseph Bennington-Castro, posted on everydayhealth.com, in conclusion summarizes the general causes, overall symptoms, the diagnostic process, and the means to treating appendicitis.
A rather vague way of explaining appendicitis would be an excruciating, and sharp pain in the lower right side of your abdomen. The pain is described as constant, and proceeds to get worse over the hours it is left untreated. Appendicitis, according to Bennington-Castro, is by definition a fluid buildup that occurs in the appendix that, if left untreated for a matter of time, can burst and disperse a lethal infection throughout your body. Although there are no recognized causes of Appendicitis, there are two possible answers that involve a gastrointestinal infection that …show more content…
has reached the appendix, or a barrier blocking the opening of the appendix (usually barriers like an enlarged lymph tissue, a hardened stool, or objects that should not be in your body in the first place.) Moving on, the key ways to identify Appendicitis, in terms of symptoms, are Nausea, vomiting, constipation, loss of appetite, fevers, and abdominal swelling.
If you’re experiencing symptoms of Appendicitis, and are an intelligent human being, then you know you should immediately go to the hospital to be examined, the diagnostic process of Appendicitis includes an abdominal exam, a blood test, a urine test, a two-handed gynecological exam in woman, and a variety of image tests, such as Computerized
Topography scans, an abdominal X-ray, and a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan. The process to diagnosing Appendicitis involves so much because of how similar it is to other illnesses, such as Crohn's disease. As for the final topic in this article, treating Appendicitis. In the chance of a mild case, Doctors will prescribe antibiotics to help with the inflammation, but this is hardly ever the case. Appendicitis is considered to be a very serious infection, and typically requires an immediate appendectomy, the removal of the infected appendix.
As someone who has experienced similar pain, but was never diagnosed with Appendicitis. I feel as if it’s important for people to be able to recognize the key symptoms of Appendicitis so they’re able to treat it before it proceeds to become much worse. The sharp pain in your abdomen can render you immobile, and have you curled up in a ball in school, unable to do your work, in my case anyways. Fortunately for me, my pain went away and has yet to come back, but for some people they aren’t as lucky.
A rather vague way of explaining appendicitis would be an excruciating, and sharp pain in the lower right side of your abdomen. The pain is described as constant, and proceeds to get worse over the hours it is left untreated. Appendicitis, according to Bennington-Castro, is by definition a fluid buildup that occurs in the appendix that, if left untreated for a matter of time, can burst and disperse a lethal infection throughout your body. Although there are no recognized causes of Appendicitis, there are two possible answers that involve a gastrointestinal infection that …show more content…
has reached the appendix, or a barrier blocking the opening of the appendix (usually barriers like an enlarged lymph tissue, a hardened stool, or objects that should not be in your body in the first place.) Moving on, the key ways to identify Appendicitis, in terms of symptoms, are Nausea, vomiting, constipation, loss of appetite, fevers, and abdominal swelling.
If you’re experiencing symptoms of Appendicitis, and are an intelligent human being, then you know you should immediately go to the hospital to be examined, the diagnostic process of Appendicitis includes an abdominal exam, a blood test, a urine test, a two-handed gynecological exam in woman, and a variety of image tests, such as Computerized
Topography scans, an abdominal X-ray, and a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan. The process to diagnosing Appendicitis involves so much because of how similar it is to other illnesses, such as Crohn's disease. As for the final topic in this article, treating Appendicitis. In the chance of a mild case, Doctors will prescribe antibiotics to help with the inflammation, but this is hardly ever the case. Appendicitis is considered to be a very serious infection, and typically requires an immediate appendectomy, the removal of the infected appendix.
As someone who has experienced similar pain, but was never diagnosed with Appendicitis. I feel as if it’s important for people to be able to recognize the key symptoms of Appendicitis so they’re able to treat it before it proceeds to become much worse. The sharp pain in your abdomen can render you immobile, and have you curled up in a ball in school, unable to do your work, in my case anyways. Fortunately for me, my pain went away and has yet to come back, but for some people they aren’t as lucky.