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Appendiitis
The appendix is a sma, tbe-ike stte attahed t the fist pat f the age intestine, as aed the n. The appendix is ated in the we ight ptin f the abdmen. It has n knwn fntin. emva f the appendix appeas t ase n hange in digestive fntin.
Appendiitis is an infammatin f the appendix. ne it stats, thee is n effetive media theapy, s appendiitis is nsideed a media emegeny. When teated pmpty, mst patients eve witht diffity. If teatment is deayed, the appendix an bst, asing infetin and even death. Appendiitis is the mst mmn ate sgia emegeny f the abdmen. Anyne an get appendiitis, bt it s mst ften between the ages f 10 and 30.
ases :
The ase f appendiitis eates t bkage f the inside f the appendix, knwn as the men. The bkage eads t ineased pesse, impaied bd fw, and infammatin. If the bkage is nt teated, gangene and pte (beaking teaing) f the appendix an est.
Mst mmny, fees bks the inside f the appendix. As, bateia via infetins in the digestive tat an ead t sweing f ymph ndes, whih sqeeze the appendix and ase bsttin. This sweing f ymph ndes is knwn as ymphid hypepasia. Tamati injy t the abdmen may ead t appendiitis in a sma nmbe f pepe. Genetis may be a fat in thes. F exampe, appendiitis that ns in famiies may est fm a geneti vaiant that pedispses a pesn t bsttin f the appendiea men.
Symptms :
Symptms f appendiitis may inde :
pain in the abdmen, fist and the bey bttn, then mving t the we ight aea
ss f appetite
nasea
vmiting
nstipatin diahea
inabiity t pass gas
w feve that begins afte the symptms
abdmina sweing
Nt eveyne with appendiitis has a the symptms. The pain intensifies and wsens when mving, taking deep beaths, ghing, sneezing. The aea bemes vey tende. Pepe may have a sensatin aed "dwnwad ge," as knwn as "tenesms," whih is the feeing that a bwe mvement wi eieve thei dismft. axatives and pain mediatins shd nt be taken in this sitatin. Anyne with these symptms needs t see a qaified physiian immediatey.
Pepe With Speia nens :
Patients with speia nditins may nt have the set f symptms abve and may simpy expeiene a genea feeing f being nwe. Patients with these nditins inde :
• pepe wh se immnsppessive theapy sh as steids
• pepe wh have eeived a tanspanted gan
• pepe infeted with the HIV vis
• pepe with diabetes
• pepe wh have ane wh ae eeiving hemtheapy
• bese pepe
Pegnant wmen, infants and yng hiden, and the edey have patia isses. Abdmina pain, nasea, and vmiting ae me mmn ding pegnany and may may nt be the signs f appendiitis. Many wmen wh devep appendiitis ding pegnany d nt expeiene the assi symptms. Pegnant wmen wh expeiene pain n the ight side f the abdmen need t ntat a dt. Wmen in thei thid timeste ae mst at isk.
Infants and yng hiden annt mmniate thei pain histy t paents dts. Witht a ea histy, dts mst ey n a physia exam and ess speifi symptms, sh as vmiting and fatige. Tddes with appendiitis smetimes have tbe eating and may seem nsay seepy. hiden may have nstipatin, bt may as have sma sts that ntain ms. Symptms vay widey amng hiden. If y think y hid has appendiitis, ntat a dt immediatey.
de patients tend t have me media pbems than yng patients. The edey ften expeiene ess feve and ess sevee abdmina pain than the patients d. Many de adts d nt knw that they have a seis pbem nti the appendix is se t pting. A sight feve and abdmina pain n ne's ight side ae easns t a a dt ight away.
A patients with speia nens and thei famiies need t be patiay aet t a hange in nma fntining and patients shd see thei dts sne, athe than ate, when a hange s ..
Diagnsis :
Media Histy and Physia Examinatin :
Asking qestins t ean the histy f symptms and a aef physia examinatin ae key in the diagnsis f appendiitis. The dt wi ask many qestins—mh ike a epte—tying t ndestand the nate, timing, atin, patten, and seveity f pain and symptms. Any pevis media nditins and sgeies, famiy histy, mediatins, and aegies ae imptant infmatin t the dt. se f ah, tba, and any the dgs shd as be mentined. This infmatin is nsideed nfidentia and annt be shaed witht the pemissin f the patient.
Befe beginning a physia examinatin, a nse wi say mease vita signs:
tempeate, pse ate, beathing ate, and bd pesse. say the physia examinatin peeds fm head t te. Many nditins sh as pnemnia heat disease an ase abdmina pain. Geneaized symptms sh as feve, ash, sweing f the ymph ndes may pint t diseases that wdn't eqie sgey.
Examinatin f the abdmen heps naw the diagnsis. atin f the pain and tendeness is imptant. Pain is a symptm desibed by a patient; tendeness is the espnse t being thed. Tw signs, aed peitnea signs, sggest that the ining f the abdmen is infamed and sgey may be needed: ebnd tendeness and gading. ebnd tendeness is when the dt pesses n a pat f the abdmen and the patient fees me tendeness when the pesse is eeased than when it is appied. Gading efes t the tensing f mses in espnse t th. The dt may as mve the patient's egs t test f pain n fexin f the hip (psas sign), pain n intena tatin f the hip (btat sign), pain n the ight side when pessing n the eft (vsing's sign). These ae vaabe indiats f infammatin bt nt a patients have them.
The appendix is a sma, tbe-ike stte attahed t the fist pat f the age intestine, as aed the n. The appendix is ated in the we ight ptin f the abdmen. It has n knwn fntin. emva f the appendix appeas t ase n hange in digestive fntin.
Appendiitis is an infammatin f the appendix. ne it stats, thee is n effetive media theapy, s appendiitis is nsideed a media emegeny. When teated pmpty, mst patients eve witht diffity. If teatment is deayed, the appendix an bst, asing infetin and even death. Appendiitis is the mst mmn ate sgia emegeny f the abdmen. Anyne an get appendiitis, bt it s mst ften between the ages f 10 and 30.
ases :
The ase f appendiitis eates t bkage f the inside f the appendix, knwn as the men. The bkage eads t ineased pesse, impaied bd fw, and infammatin. If the bkage is nt teated, gangene and pte (beaking teaing) f the appendix an est.
Mst mmny, fees bks the inside f the appendix. As, bateia via infetins in the digestive tat an ead t sweing f ymph ndes, whih sqeeze the appendix and ase bsttin. This sweing f ymph ndes is knwn as ymphid hypepasia. Tamati injy t the abdmen may ead t appendiitis in a sma nmbe f pepe. Genetis may be a fat in thes. F exampe, appendiitis that ns in famiies may est fm a geneti vaiant that pedispses a pesn t bsttin f the appendiea men.
Symptms :
Symptms f appendiitis may inde :
pain in the abdmen, fist and the bey bttn, then mving t the we ight aea
ss f appetite
nasea
vmiting
nstipatin diahea
inabiity t pass gas
w feve that begins afte the symptms
abdmina sweing
Nt eveyne with appendiitis has a the symptms. The pain intensifies and wsens when mving, taking deep beaths, ghing, sneezing. The aea bemes vey tende. Pepe may have a sensatin aed "dwnwad ge," as knwn as "tenesms," whih is the feeing that a bwe mvement wi eieve thei dismft. axatives and pain mediatins shd nt be taken in this sitatin. Anyne with these symptms needs t see a qaified physiian immediatey.
Pepe With Speia nens :
Patients with speia nditins may nt have the set f symptms abve and may simpy expeiene a genea feeing f being nwe. Patients with these nditins inde :
• pepe wh se immnsppessive theapy sh as steids
• pepe wh have eeived a tanspanted gan
• pepe infeted with the HIV vis
• pepe with diabetes
• pepe wh have ane wh ae eeiving hemtheapy
• bese pepe
Pegnant wmen, infants and yng hiden, and the edey have patia isses. Abdmina pain, nasea, and vmiting ae me mmn ding pegnany and may may nt be the signs f appendiitis. Many wmen wh devep appendiitis ding pegnany d nt expeiene the assi symptms. Pegnant wmen wh expeiene pain n the ight side f the abdmen need t ntat a dt. Wmen in thei thid timeste ae mst at isk.
Infants and yng hiden annt mmniate thei pain histy t paents dts. Witht a ea histy, dts mst ey n a physia exam and ess speifi symptms, sh as vmiting and fatige. Tddes with appendiitis smetimes have tbe eating and may seem nsay seepy. hiden may have nstipatin, bt may as have sma sts that ntain ms. Symptms vay widey amng hiden. If y think y hid has appendiitis, ntat a dt immediatey.
de patients tend t have me media pbems than yng patients. The edey ften expeiene ess feve and ess sevee abdmina pain than the patients d. Many de adts d nt knw that they have a seis pbem nti the appendix is se t pting. A sight feve and abdmina pain n ne's ight side ae easns t a a dt ight away.
A patients with speia nens and thei famiies need t be patiay aet t a hange in nma fntining and patients shd see thei dts sne, athe than ate, when a hange s ..
Diagnsis :
Media Histy and Physia Examinatin :
Asking qestins t ean the histy f symptms and a aef physia examinatin ae key in the diagnsis f appendiitis. The dt wi ask many qestins—mh ike a epte—tying t ndestand the nate, timing, atin, patten, and seveity f pain and symptms. Any pevis media nditins and sgeies, famiy histy, mediatins, and aegies ae imptant infmatin t the dt. se f ah, tba, and any the dgs shd as be mentined. This infmatin is nsideed nfidentia and annt be shaed witht the pemissin f the patient.
Befe beginning a physia examinatin, a nse wi say mease vita signs:
tempeate, pse ate, beathing ate, and bd pesse. say the physia examinatin peeds fm head t te. Many nditins sh as pnemnia heat disease an ase abdmina pain. Geneaized symptms sh as feve, ash, sweing f the ymph ndes may pint t diseases that wdn't eqie sgey.
Examinatin f the abdmen heps naw the diagnsis. atin f the pain and tendeness is imptant. Pain is a symptm desibed by a patient; tendeness is the espnse t being thed. Tw signs, aed peitnea signs, sggest that the ining f the abdmen is infamed and sgey may be needed: ebnd tendeness and gading. ebnd tendeness is when the dt pesses n a pat f the abdmen and the patient fees me tendeness when the pesse is eeased than when it is appied. Gading efes t the tensing f mses in espnse t th. The dt may as mve the patient's egs t test f pain n fexin f the hip (psas sign), pain n intena tatin f the hip (btat sign), pain n the ight side when pessing n the eft (vsing's sign). These ae vaabe indiats f infammatin bt nt a patients have them.