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Appendicitis| Best treatment| Laparoscopic Appendicectomy

Acute appendicitis is a very common cause of abdominal pain and a surgical emergency. WHAT IS APPENDIX? Appendix is a small tube like structure hanging from the first part of the large intestine. It is a hollow organ and is a vestigial organ and it has no definite function but is a cause of serious disease. WHAT IS APPENDICITIS? WHAT CAUSES APPENDICITIS? Appendicitis is infection of the appendix. The infection happens when the appendix gets blocked by a worm or fecal matter. WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS? abdominal pain, starting at the umbilicus and later migrating to the right side of the lower abdomen, fever vomiting loss of appetite HOW IS APPENDICITIS DIAGNOSED? Clinical examination by the surgeon is often suggestive, Ultrasound scan of the abdomen is the best initial test to diagnose, in doubtful cases, a CT scan of the abdomen is confirmative WHAT ARE THE COMPLICATIONS? GANGRENE OF the appendix, the appendix can lose its blood supply due to infection and become black and gangrene ( gangrene means death of tissue), this so avery serious complication, PERFORATION: the appendix can perforate/ burst and the infection can spread every where in the abdomen and can cause sepsis, APPENDICULAR ABSCESS : the infection cal eals to pus formation and this causes high grade fever with chills, APPENDICULAR MASS: if left untreated, the appendix will form a mass when the fat and intestines get adherent to the appendix, WHAT IS THE BEST TREATMENT?