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What are the causes and symptoms of appendicitis?
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Causes not: Really known. Usually starts with discomfort around the navel that localizes to the right lower quadrant and and becomes more severe.
Answered 4/14/2014
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RLQ ABD Pain: The "classic" pt: vague abdominal pain that 'moves' to the right lower abdomen over ~24hrs, becoming constant, progressively worsening; decreased appetite, nausea, vomiting, fever. Ct scans have been very helpful for diagnosis in equivocal cases, but the radiation exposure is not trivial. The cause of appendicitis is unknown but is often related to obstruction of the appendix.
Answered 12/10/2013
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