Apendicities and Treatments, HOW APENDICITIES SPOILS YOUR DAY..?

Apendicities and Treatments, HOW APENDICITIES SPOILS YOUR DAY..? - Having a terrible stomachache? Don’t take it so easy. It might be an apendicities problems. Although it is not really harmful but it seriously can cause dangerous complications

Appendicities and Treatments, HOW APpENDICITIES SPOILS YOUR DAY..? - Having a terrible stomachache? Don’t take it so easy. It might be an apendicities problems. Although it is not really harmful but it seriously can cause dangerous complications.

Appendicities and Treatments

Appendicitis is an inflammation or swelling of the appendix or appendicitis. While the appendix is a small pouch organ and thin size of 5 to 10 cm that are connected to the large intestine. Until now, the reason why we have appendicitis is still unknown. Its removal even do not affect the health condition. However appendix or appendicitis potentially lead to serious complications. Appendicitis is a common disease that can affect everyone. However, young people aged 10 to 30 years are groups of people who most often experience this ilness.

The main symptoms of appendicitis are abdominal pain. However, not all types of abdominal pain will lead to appendicitis. Abdominal pain that indicate this disease usually begins in the middle abdomen. At first, the pain will come and go. A few hours later, the pain moves to the lower right abdomen (where the appendix is located) before finally getting worse and constantly hurt. The pain will also get worse when there is an emphasis on the abdomen. Likewise when you cough or walk. Some other symptoms that may accompany abdominal pain, such as: 

-            Loss of appetite.

-            Bloated.

-            Hard to fart.

-            Nausea and vomiting.

-            Constipation or diarrhea.

-            Fever.

Appendicitis is often mistaken for other diseases, such as food poisoning, severe irritable bowel syndrome, usual constipation, and urinary tract infections. The young woman also often mistook symptoms of this disease with ectopic pregnancy or menstruation pain. Consult to your doctor if you experience abdominal pain that slowly gets worse. Immediately call an ambulance if your stomachache gets worse suddenly and spread throughout the abdomen. This indicates the possibility of a ruptured appendix which can lead to peritonitis (a serious infection of the lining abdomen).  

The cause of the disease is not known certainly yet, so that prevention is also unknown. However, most of appendicitis is thought to occur due to blockage of the 'entrance' to the appendix by: 

-            Feces.

-            Swollen lymph glands in the intestinal wall. This swelling usually develops after an upper respiratory tract infection.

The blockage will cause inflammation and swelling. Pressure from swelling will lead to a ruptured appendix. The main treatment step for appendicitis is through a procedure of surgical removal of the appendix known as appendectomy. The appendix does not have an important function for the human body and the removal will not cause long term health problems. Surgery is much safer than waiting for the results dealing with the presence of inflammation in the appendix. The longer we wait, the bigger risk of a ruptured appendix will be increasing. Just like all surgery, appendectomy still has risk such as the advent of surgical site infections and bleeding. However, this surgery has a high success rate and rarely causes long-term complications. 

This surgery process usually requires a recovery period for a week before the patient recovers. Patients can usually return to normal activities within 2 to 3 weeks. But it is advisable to avoid hard activities for 1 to 2 months after surgery. Monitoring the recovery period is also very important. Immediately contact your doctor or the hospital where you take your surgery if you experience any symptoms of infection such as vomiting, pain and swelling that is getting worse, fever, or there is a discharge from the surgical wound. Appendicitis can also cause lumps or bumps in the appendix consisting of appendix tissue and fat. The lumps are formed due to the body's natural attempt to overcome this appendicitis. Doctors usually do not encourage you to immediately undergo surgery. You will be given antibiotics for a few weeks in order to decrease the infection of the appendix before surgery is done.