Appendix
The appendix is defined as a small piece that resembles the shape of the cylinder at its beginning, and is open, but at the end it is closed, located in the large intestine but at the end on the right side below the abdomen. The appendix is useful for containing lymphoid tissue that helps to increase immunity to viruses and harmful bacteria.
Appendicitis is caused by exposure to bacteria that cause chronic inflammation of the appendicitis, multiplying it to make it unable to tolerate these infections and causing pain, or the occurrence of appendicitis by suffering from acute pain that lasts for long periods but is in the form of seizures Intermittent.
Causes of appendicitis
There are many factors and causes of appendicitis, and these causes increase the exposure to this disease, including:
The occurrence of any case of closure in the opening in the appendicitis on the cecum; as this closure causes the disruption and fragmentation of fecal matter contained therein, or inflammation caused by a virus or fungus, appendicitis appendage in many bulges, and suffer severe pressure from the inside and In turn, causes a lot of blockages and blockages in the arteries in the appendicitis, and these blockages make them increase the accumulation of fluids within the excess and congestion, which reduces the blood Tmirta, and resistance bacteria and viruses alien to them, leading to inflammation Her internal tissue death.
The occurrence or presence of foci or contractions in the body is also a cause of appendicitis; these foci cause a lot of infections in the appendix that can not resist any germ or virus that can be exposed due to immune deficiency.
Symptoms of appendicitis
Symptoms associated with appendicitis:
Diagnosis of appendicitis depends largely on symptoms, biopsy, clinical examination, laboratory testing, diagnostic images, and especially television photography. The appendectomy is surgically treated; it is the best treatment; the surgeon removes the appendix.