When you think of appendicitis, think of three words that begin with the letter “I”-irritation, inflammation, and infection. When any of those three affect your appendix, appendicitis can be the result. Seven to eight percent of the people in the United States come down with a case of appendicitis, the number one cause for emergency ...
Appendicitis is an inflammation and infection of the appendix. The appendix is a small pouch extending from the first part of the large intestine. The large intestine in this region is known as the cecum. Appendicitis is reasonably common, happening in approximately 1 out of every 500 people each year. The peak incidence of appendicitis ...
Anytime you have pain it can be scary. When you have belly button pain it can be especially scary because it can be hard to pinpoint the exact cause of it. It is important to find out the cause of your belly button pain, because it can vary from very simple things to more serious ...
As a parent, it is often difficult to determine the cause of a child’s painful stomachache. It could be the flu, or slow digestive bowels. It maybe the onset of a gluten intolerance or just plain nerves. It is important that you pay attention to the symptoms your child has so that you can better ...
The appendix is an organ that doesn’t seem to be used anymore by humans. It is believed that back thousands years ago that the appendix was a much bigger organ than it is today. It may have served as a second stomach to digest the foods that were foraged during the lifetimes of early man. ...
Of all the physical symptoms one can experience, abdominal pain is one of the hardest to diagnose. It can indicate a wide variety of diseases, disorders and conditions, each of which may be accompanied by other symptoms that can also overlap. Right side abdominal pain, however, narrows the field considerably, and may point to one ...
Just as most people don’t plan on developing acute appendicitis, most people don’t plan on receiving an appendectomy. Appendectomies are usually considered emergency procedures and performed on very short notice. Chances are you don’t know exactly what to expect after an appendectomy. You may have questions about the procedure, and what you should do to ...
One Thursday afternoon, my husband pulled in the driveway early from work. He said that he was sick and that they sent him home. I didn’t think anything of it, because our children had been vomiting that week themselves, so I just assumed he had contracted the flu from our kids. He went straight to ...
Abdominal pain can be caused by various ailments. Disease processes in the chest and the pelvis can mimic abdominal pain. There are several characteristics of abdominal pain, which can let a patient know that it is serious enough to seek emergency care. Abdominal pain can be acute or chronic. The onset nature and character of ...
