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My son is having abdominal pain he went to er, did a ct scan, it showed he had inflammed lymph nodes in his stomach, it also showed the top of his appendix to be enlarged. can the inflammation cause appendicitis? can appendicitis cause inflammation?
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Depends: Some cases of appendicitis are thought to be related the location of a node. If it is too close to the top of the appendix,swelling could act like a tourniquet & cut off its blood flow & trigger appendicitis. The scattered enlarged nodes are likely just viral & could self heal.Appendicitis is usually the result of not the cause of inflammation.
Answered 8/28/2018
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