What is acute appendicitis?

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Appendicitis is one of the common surgical diseases, especially acute appendicitis, is one of the four major acute abdomen, the following describes the main symptoms of acute appendicitis, I hope to help you.

What is acute appendicitis?

Typical acute appendicitis begins with pain in the middle and upper abdomen or around the umbilicus. A few hours later, the pain is transferred and fixed in the right lower abdomen. In the early stage, it is a kind of visceral nerve reflex pain, so the range of pain in the middle and upper abdomen and around the umbilicus is more diffuse, often can not be accurately located. When inflammation spread to the serosa and parietal peritoneum, the pain was fixed in the right lower abdomen because of the latter receptor innervation, and the pain was relieved or disappeared. Therefore, no typical history of metastatic right lower abdominal pain can not exclude acute appendicitis.

Nausea and vomiting due to reflex gastrospasm. Complicated with peritonitis and enteroparalysis, abdominal distension and persistent vomiting appeared. During the attack, the most obvious pain patterns were pressure pain and rebound pain, the obvious pressure pain in the right lower abdomen, and the pain in raising hands was more obvious.

At the beginning, the fever was mainly low, ranging from 37 ℃ to 38 ℃. With the aggravation of the disease and infection, the fever rose to more than 38 ℃. The pain is severe, and the abdominal muscles are tense. Appendiceal suppuration is such a sign, gangrene perforation complicated with peritonitis, abdominal muscle tension is particularly significant. However, the abdominal muscles of the elderly or obese patients are weak, so it is necessary to check the contralateral abdominal muscles at the same time and make a comparison to judge whether there is abdominal muscle tension.

matters needing attention

In the diet must also control the salt intake, do not eat spicy food such as coffee, strong tea, you can eat more cereals such as cereals, oats or soybeans, you can drink more water or milk, but do not drink carbonated drinks.