Posted on 01/18/2010 2:32:12 PM PST by decimon
Superfluous ping.
Superfluous ping.
Surgical belly ping.
Should the appendix come out. Only if you dont want peritonitis.
Thankfully, they all survived.
So, yes; I have always believed the infection resulting in an inflamed appendix is viral and contagious.
sod, MD
doesn't necessarily = maybe
When dealing with appendicitis maybe is not good enough.
My husband had appendicitis. I took him in on Friday he was asymptomatic so they sent him home. The next day when I took him in they did a CAT scan and found it. They took him into surgery. It burst AS THEY WERE TAKING IT OUT.
hinted that non-perforated appendicitis may resolve without surgery, said Dr. Livingston.
Or not. 16 days in the hospital says that Dr. Livingston can take his "hints" and stuff them where the sun don't shine.
You’re a medical doctor? There seems to be several here.
Are you a Medical Doctor...or from Maryland?
I hope the stuffing leaves him time to determine what microbe, if any, is involved with appendicitis.
Interesting, thanks decimon.
I have been told I have chronic appendicitis. But, since it wasn’t acute the docs in the states won’t help.
I live in the jungle! Literally. So, every twinge in my abdomen causes me to wonder. If this is a viral thing, what can I do?
The doc here in Papua told me, “don’t eat vegetables.”
Back in the 1850s and earlier the general thinking was a person had an infection that ultimately settled in the appendix. When my son neary died from a ruptured appendix back in the 1980s, he started with a horrendous “head cold”.
When I was in school getting a degree as a non-trad, it was absolutely amazing
1-how many things all if a sudden became valid and important-things that any one who raised a famlly knew and 2- some of the absulutely wacky/stupid/idiotic research projects the government funded.
1950s
I am old but not that old.
Our family JUST went through this within the past month. Our 8 year old had an emergency appendectomy before Christmas. Her surgeon, after looking at the pathology report determined that a viral infection (She had H1N1, but treated with Tamiflu, not severe) within the prior 2 months can lead to the internal swelling of the lymph nodes, which put pressure on the appendix, pinching it off, allowing it to become infected over a period of time. Truly, this was the first I had ever heard of an explanation - we were in one of the top hospitals in the country.
The virus being an indirect cause. I don't know what lymph nodes are there but that's an interesting thought.
That I have no problem with.
But saying that appendicitis could just "go away" is reckless.
In all fairness to the doctor he may have been misquoted.
In all fairness to the doctor he may have been misquoted.
I try not to be too critical of these things because someone had to present a complicated matter in just a few paragraphs. Anyone ambitious enough can always search out the original report and deal with the stunning, boggling terminology usually found there.
You're welcome. And remember, it's J., not H.. ;-)
Great, now no one knows wjat tje jell you’re talking about.
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