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What makes your appendicitis go bad

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Obstruction: Obstruction of lumen o appendix due to infection , fecolith or stone like hard stool , or worms etc will cause appendicitis.

Dr Ali and another doctor agreed

Answered 11/3/2013

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Not known: Why or how acute appendicitis. One theory is enlargement of lymph nodes that block lumen of the appendix, but this is unproven.

Answered 8/16/2013

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A member asked:

If my teenage daughter gets sharp pains in her side and has some symptoms of appendicitis, what is the danger? She is 15 and just recently got the sharp pains in her side. She can't stand because it hurts so bad.

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A member asked:

Told I have chronic appendicitis but the doctor says its not bad enough to operate, the pain comes and goes,very painful and all tests come back clear?

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A member asked:

Severe pain in lower right quad neg CT scan doc thought appendicitis i go thru constipation to bad diarrhea tender & fever soon start per cramps/app?

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A member asked:

Woke up from lower stomach quadrant hurting really bad. Used restroom, still hurt really bad, pain has subsided a little over time, still hurts. Do I have appendicitis?

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A member asked:

One year post appendicitis that was treated with antibiotics, not surgery: A few times a month the area where my appendix was (was told it was so bad that it "probably turned to goo") I get a pain. It is sharp but short lived. Cause for concern?

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