The moment the doctor said that hubby has acute appendicitis, I couldn’t help ask why. What’s the reason behind that? I am really dumbfounded about the fact that we are still very happy shopping the day before his operation. And just out of nowhere, he is already scheduled for operation, just like that.
Well, I found an insight of what might cause appendicitis. According to the researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern) appendicitis may in fact be caused by a viral infection of some sort. The condition refers to the inflammation of the appendix, a protuberance in the gut that is believed to be holding a safety cache of bacteria to repopulate the intestines if the need arises. Common knowledge has it that inflammation in the appendix needs to be treated immediately via surgery and removal, but the new study questions whether this is truly the case.
After the appendix was first identified in 1886, doctors started extracting it at the first sign of trouble because the operation was relatively simple and uncomplicated. In addition, a burst appendix causes a lot more problems, and such an incident is generally considered to be an emergency. Therefore, throughout the 20th century, this became a standard medical practice.
Dr. Livingston is suggesting that non-perforated appendicitis could be resolved without surgery. He and his team base their statement on cases of sailors or other people with no immediate access to doctors, and on children. In some children hospitals, removing the appendix when the first troubles appear is not treated as an emergency, and surgery is generally avoided. In their investigations of hospital admission records, the researchers noticed a strong hint to the idea that appendicitis might be caused by a viral agent, such as the flu virus that caused influenza.
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