what should i do about potential chronic appendicitis?

Question

Chronic appendicitis does the pain come and go?

Answer 1

Appendectomy: Chronic Appendicitis believed by some is a condition in which patients feel recurrent abdominal discomfort or pain in right lower abdomen.nausea/vomiting and fever.the symptoms may be daily or once in a while if a diagnosis of chronic appendicitis is made the best treatment is removal of appendix surgically to prevent potential complications like acute appendicitis,rupture,peritinitis and sepsis

Answer 2

Abdominal Pain: Appendicitis can present in many ways. Typically, the child will lose appetite first, develop fever second, and abdominal pain is the third symptom. It is usually starts at the belly button and moves to the lower right hand side. Children curl up in the fetal position and do not want to move. If you gently shake them, it causes them great pain. These are signs you should go to the er.

Answer 3

It's rare: Appendicitis is rare in babies, but when it occurs it can cause sustained high fevers, irritability or decreased activity, and vomiting/refusal to eat. Babies with appendicitis are quite ill, and seem much sicker than babies with more ordinary problems.

Answer 4

Unlikely: Appendicitis would be very unusual in an infant, but anything is possible. If your baby has belly pain, swelling, poor feeding, fever and/or vomiting, they need to be examined right away.

Answer 5

Variable: Appendicitis is unlikely in babies. In children under five it does not have the typical symptoms you see in older children. If you have any concerns about appendicitis, be seen.

Answer 6

Pain,fever,won't eat: This is almost unheard of under 1yo & I have seen only 1 in a 15-18mo in 30 yrs. The intestine seems to be resistant early on but that fades with age, food chalanges and illness, peeking in the teen years. Low grade fever, loss of appetite, pain & occasional vomiting are seen. If your internal alarm goes off & you know you need the baby checked then do. Better to get good news than miss something.

Answer 7

Unknown.: As we don't really understand what causes appendicitis, we have no way to prevent it. Like many acute illnesses, the sooner we diagnose it, the better people do.

Answer 8

You don't: Can't be done. It's just bad luck.

Answer 9

I am not aware: Of any way of preventing appendicitis, short of surgical removal. I have performed prophylactic appendectomy once on a person who was about to embark on a solo around the world yacht trip, so he would not develop appendicitis while he was many days away from medical care. Besides this unique situation, i cannot think of any other for which a prophylactic appendectomy would become advisable.

Answer 10

Less than an hour: On average, appendectomies are 30-60 minute operations. When caught early and performed via minimally invasive surgery, people may be home in less than a day and back to normal activities in 1-2 weeks.

Answer 11

It depends: Removal of the appendix, or appendectomy, can take as little as half an hour or as much as three. It all depends on the severity of the infection and inflammation which has everything to do with how early the appendicitis was caught.

Answer 12

Antibiotics: While the standard treatment for appendicitis is surgery, there are some occasions where people can be treated by antibiotics alone. If treated in this manner, some people will do well; unfortunately, we cannot predict who will. Therefore, it is much, much safer to surgically remove the appendix rather than take a chance with antibiotics alone.

Answer 13

Why not?: There are few contraindications to an appendectomy for acute appendicitis.

Answer 14

Gold standard: Appendectomy is the gold standard treatment for appendicitis. There are some instances when an operation is not the first choice, however. One such instance is when the appendix has burst and formed an abscess. In such cases, the patient can be treated with non-surgical drainage of the abscess and antibiotics. If someone is too ill to undergo surgery, a course of antibiotics may also be tried.

Answer 15

Antibiotics?: Not sure why surgery couldn't be done. Appendectomy remains the treatment of choice. However, there is some evidence that uncomplicated appendicitis can be treated successfully with antibiotics. If rupture and abscess formation occur, this can initially be treated with antibiotics and ct-guided catheter drainage if the abscess is large and accessible. Appendectomy is delayed several weeks.

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