Signs of Appendicitis
Acute appendicitis is the most frequent abdominal surgical emergency in childhood and can happen at any age but is most common between seven and ten years and outstanding before two years.
A surgical operation is referred to as appendectomy is the early removal of the appendix, the first appendectomies were performed in the late nineteenth century, but the appendix was discovered in the sixteenth century because of some deaths from appendicitis.
Here are the signs of appendicitis:
- Abdominal pain is severe abdominal pain occurs at the bottom right of the "belly", the pain occurs when walking, running, talking, coughing, that is, to do everything, consequently there is a common bitterness all repetitive pain also increases pain if we squeeze the area and then let go.
- High fever: The fever rises to a high amount, up to 38 -39 degrees Celsius, but can go higher.
- Nausea: Appendicitis occurs causing great nausea and vomiting, general malaise in the sufferer.
- Common symptoms of a cold: Appendicitis is accompanied by symptoms common to a cold, ie by pain and / or discomfort that you pass to a cold or a cold.
- Lack of appetite: The patient suffering from appendicitis appetite, this is a lack of desire to eat, and in some cases, insomnia widespread.
The involvement of appendicitis in the age range is between twenty and thirty years, the rate of impact is about thirteen or fourteen percent in men and twenty-two percent women, the mortality rate is less than one percent, so we can figure out which really is not a dangerous condition over the lack of treatment but this could be very harmful.
Contrary to what might be thought affected the rate of appendicitis is higher in developed countries or wealthy classes, which in developing countries and / or developing or poorer classes.