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Appendicitis
Appendix or cecum (Latin: caecus, "blind") in terms of anatomy is a sac that is connected to the intestine and the colon uphill absorption of large intestine. This organ found in mammals, birds, and some reptiles. Most herbivores have a large cecum, while the exclusive carnivores have a smaller cecum, which partially or completely replaced by the appendix ....
The appendix referred to in Latin as Appendix vermiformis, this organ is found in humans, mammals, birds, and some reptiles. At the beginning of this organ is considered as an extra organ that has no function, but now that the function of the appendix is known as immunologic organ and actively play a role in the secretion of immunoglobulin (an immune system) which has / contains lymphoid glands.
Disease appendicitis
Appendicitis is the name of a disease that attacks the appendix called Appendicitis occurs when the appendix, another name for the appendix was inflamed and make it fragile, this includes a serious medical emergency. Surgery performed to cure a swollen intestinal inflammation, this operation requires care in advance about 3 months which would be very costly. When symptoms of appendicitis occur within three consecutive days, the patient please immediately contact your doctor or come to the house sakituntuk get medical care that can be directly operated, but if symptoms of appendicitis left more than one week, then a serious medical treatment is necessary to relieve intestinal inflammation that occurs before the patient had surgery healing.
Symptom
• Stomach pain, especially starting at the navel and moves laterally around the lower right.
• decreased appetite.
• Nausea and vomiting.
• Diarrhea, constipation (constipation), or frequent passing of wind.
• A low fever after other symptoms appear.
• Abdominal swelling.
Causes Disease Appendicitis (Appendicitis)
The cause of appendicitis disease often associated with a blockage inside the appendix, known as the lumen. Blockage blockage inside the appendix caused increased pressure, impaired blood flow, and inflammation. If the blockage is not treated promptly, there is the possibility of appendicitis is rupture and require medical attention very seriously.
Appendicitis disease occurs due to several causes, such as infections caused by bacteria, blockage or obstruction that occurs in the lining of the channel (lumen) appendix caused by a heap of faeces / stool is hard (fekalit), hyperplasia (enlargement) that occurs on the network lymphoid, worm disease, parasites, foreign objects in the body, the primary cancer and stricture.
However, cases of appendicitis disease usually occurs because of blockage of faeces / faces and lymphoid tissue hyperplasia. As you know that the faeces / faces contained the bacteria Escherichia coli, Escherichia Coli bacteria probably is then infect and cause disease appendicitis.
Eating chilies with seeds or eat guava with seeds, may also cause appendicitis. That is because the seeds of the fruit can not be digested properly and entered into the appendix as a foreign channel. It can be used as a medium for bacteria to multiply, causing infection and lead to appendicitis.
Worms can also cause disease appendicitis, when the worm into the appendix. Basic Huuuhhh worms, already a nuisance stray too!
The diagnosis of appendicitis (appendicitis)
Diagnosing disease Appendicitis (Appendicitis) is rather complicated because the symptoms in patients with appendicitis (appendicitis) is often blurred or very similar to other diseases, such as issues in the gall bladder, bladder or urinary tract infection, Crohn's disease, gastritis, intestinal infections , and ovarian problems.
Usually, doctors use several tests to diagnose appendicitis
• Tests to detect inflammation of the stomach
• urine tests to rule out urinary tract infection
• Tests on the rectum
• Blood tests
• CT (computed tomography) scan and / or ultrasound (ultrasonography)
Treatment of Inflammatory Disease Appendix (Appendicitis)
When the diagnosis is produced definitely indicate disease of appendicitis, then the standard treatment is to perform the operation. However, if you seek treatment as early as possible so your doctor may prescribe antibiotics to be healing, but appendicitis may recur again and kekambuhannya level reaches about 35%.
After surgery the patient usually should be given antibiotics for 7-10 days. Next is a wound care operations to be protected from the possibility of secondary infection from contaminated equipment, etc..
Contact your doctor if you suffer after surgery:
• vomiting uncontrollably.
• Increased pain in your stomach.
• Dizziness / feeling like going to faint.
• Blood in vomit or urine.
• Increased pain and redness at the incision surgery.
• Fever.
• Pus in the wound.
Inflammatory Disease Precautions Appendix (Appendicitis)
There is no way to prevent appendicitis disease. However, the source of medicinenet.com say that appendicitis rarely occurs in people who eat foods high in fiber, like fruits and vegetables fresh.
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