Thankfully, they all survived.
So, yes; I have always believed the infection resulting in an inflamed appendix is viral and contagious.
sod, MD
You’re a medical doctor? There seems to be several here.
Are you a Medical Doctor...or from Maryland?
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.
I know someone who had her appendix out at the same time as her sister. They were in adjoining OR’s getting operated on at the same time.