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Appendicitis: Diagnosis and Treatment
How is appendicitis diagnosed?
The doctor performs a medical history, explores the patient and taking the temperature. On examination, special attention is paid to palpation in the lower right abdomen and the appearance of pain to stop pressing. Sometimes, it requires an exploration of the rectum (DRE) or through the vagina to rule out other causes of pelvic pain.
Tests are performed blood and urine, looking for an infection, and may request abdominal ultrasound or scanners that help the diagnosis. The indication for intervention is established by the physician’s examination and the results of the tests. Usually found that the cause of pain is not appendicitis in two out of ten patients operated with this diagnosis. Read the rest of this entry »
What is Appendicitis?
What is appendicitis?
Appendicitis is the inflammation of the appendix, a small piece of intestine worm that is attached to the large intestine on the right side of abdomen.
It can happen at any age but most cases occur between 8 and 25. Rarely seen in children under 2. In young people, appendicitis is probably the most common cause of abdominal pain requiring emergency surgery.
What causes appendicitis?
In most cases, the specific reason for the inflammation is not known, but sometimes cause small pieces of hard stools (fecaliths) stored in the appendix. Read the rest of this entry »
Causes of Diarrhea Diseases
This condition can be a symptom of injury, illness, allergies (fructose, lactose), eating fatty foods, spicy or Bersant exaggeration and excess vitamin C and usually accompanied by abdominal pain and often nausea and vomiting. A number of other conditions, but not all symptoms of diarrhea, and the official medical definition of diarrhea is stool exceeding 200 grams per day.
This occurs when the fluid is absorbed by the insufficiency of the colon. Under the digestasi process, either because the input fluids, food is mixed with large amounts of water. Therefore, the liquid food is digested before it reaches the large intestine. The large intestine absorbs water, with other materials such as semi-solid waste. If a lesion of the colon and inflammation, or “burning” is not in absorption, and the result is a watery stool.
Diarrhea caused by some viral infections, but often by bacterial toxins. In terms of life with clean and sufficient food and water available to patients in good health, as a rule of common viral infections, again in a few days and a maximum of one week. For people who are sick or suffering from malnutrition, severe diarrhea can cause dehydration and can be fatal if not treated.
Diarrhea is a symptom of serious diseases such as dysentery, cholera, botulism, and can also be indicative of a chronic disease like Crohn’s disease. Though appendicitis patients do not generally have diarrhea, diarrhea was aware of the symptoms of appendicitis.
Diarrhea can be caused by excessive alcohol consumption, which are caused not enough to eat, especially in someone.
Symptoms
The symptoms are constant normally found in the intestines, with nausea and vomiting. But there can be other symptoms that also in the back and belly rings wound.
Treatment
The treatment of diarrhea patients by consuming adequate amounts of water to replace lost, preferably mixed with electrolytes to provide the necessary salt and some nutrients. For many, no more treatment and medication specifically required.
Diarrhea is usually only under medical supervision is necessary:
- Diarrhea in Children
- Medium or severe diarrhea in children
- Diarrhea mixed with blood.
- Diarrhea that lasts more than 2 weeks.
- Diarrhea is common with other diseases such as abdominal pain, fever, weight loss, and others.
- Diarrhea in travelers (possibly exotic infections such as parasites)
- Diarrhea in institutions such as hospitals, day care, mental health institutions.
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