The appendicitis or cecum is also said to be a tube connected to the embryo, which develops embryologically. It connects to the colon, located at the intersection of the small intestine and the large intestine. While the real function of appendicitis is unknown, it has been speculated that it plays a role in mucosal immunity or to act as a storage site for intestinal flora and return it to the colon if necessary, ie it has only immunological benefit and that its tissue filters viruses and bacteria. Scientists studied the appendicitis and the studies found that their length was about 11 cm.
In the case of appendicitis, as in the rest of the body, the diagnosis and treatment should be promptly and promptly followed to prevent the risk of developing inflammation and the development of the infection. Time is of great importance in treating it. Inflammation of the appendicitis has serious complications so that it may The appendix explodes and causes death in severe cases that lead to body poisoning by explosion.
The causes of appendicitis so far are unknown and rheumatoid is caused by a virus or a bacterium that causes acute appendicitis.
As for the method of diagnosis of appendicitis, the diagnosis is as follows:
- Measurement of body temperature
- And through the laboratory quantity and the number of white blood cells if the number is greater than usual.
- And through urine analysis so that this analysis reveals the presence of white blood cells, red and bacteria and this determines if there is inflammation in the appendicitis.
- X-ray abdominal imaging.
- Diagnosis is done by ultrasound.
- By laparoscopy also can be a diagnostic tool
- By pressing the lower right part of the abdomen and lifting the hand quickly if there is pain when lifting quickly the excess is inflamed.
- By CT scan also the case of the appendicitis can be diagnosed.
The most common symptoms of appendicitis are:
- Pain in the right side at the bottom of the abdomen.
- Increased pain with body movement and when taking deep breath, coughing or sneezing.
- Nausea.
- Vomiting.
- Constipation.
- Diarrhea.
- Inability in the body to remove the invasions in the injured person.
- Elevation of temperature in the body of the patient.
- Swollen abdomen.
When the inflamed appendicitis is actually inflamed here, the doctors intervene to remove it completely, and there is no drug treatment. It is not recommended for the drug treatment of the appendicitis because the best treatment is to remove it.