If you've had stomach pain recently, you might have wondered how to check if you have appendicitis at home. Appendicitis is the most common cause of abdominal pain that results in surgery in the ...

APPENDICITIS can strike anyone, causing searing pain in the lower in the stomach. The condition, which causes the small, sac-like appendix to swell, is estimated to affect one in 13 people at some ...

Severe appendicitis is sometimes dismissed as mere period pain. But ignoring it can result in serious consequences. Dr Sood ...

Filmmaker Kiran Rao recently underwent appendix surgery and is recovering well. Her experience has renewed focus on ...

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(MENAFN- The Conversation) Bindi Irwin has reportedly been rushed to hospital in the United States to undergo emergency surgery for a ruptured appendix. According to brother Robert Irwin,“she's going ...

John, aged 47, had sudden onset of midabdominal pain and nausea. Examination at a local emergency department (ED) revealed a diffusely tender abdomen without rebound or guarding. The ED physician sent ...

The appendix is a vestigial organ left behind by human evolution. While the appendix has no specific function in the human digestive system, it is situated along the bottom right side of the large ...

Antibiotics, not surgery, may better treat childhood appendicitis when the appendix hasn't burst, according to new research. Findings suggest that nonperforating appendicitis, when the appendix hasn't ...

Oct. 1, 2004 — Nonvisualization of the appendix on helical computed tomography (CT) examination is associated with low incidence of acute appendicitis in the absence of secondary inflammatory changes, ...