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How does apendix go bad?
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Usually...: ...It fills up with hard stool, the blood circulation cuts off from the pressure, and the appendix dies. If not removed, the dead (necrotic) appendix can burst open and spill stool all over the inside of the abdomen, causing peritonitis.
Answered 1/19/2014
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