Appendicitis

Appendicitis is the inflammation of the appendix, a worm-shaped bag near the beginning of the large intestine. The plant has no known function in the body, but he may fall ill. Appendicitis is a medical emergency. If the situation remains untreated, attachment May break and lead to a potentially fatal infection.

Appendicitis affects on male and female, but it occurs most often between the ages of 10 and 30 years. The property is a small finger that the organ is compatible with the colon in the lower right abdomen. Inside the installation of an impasse usually opens in the large intestine. If this opening is blocked, inflates the installation and can be easily infected by bacteria.

Appendicitis is the most common abdominal emergency in children and young adults. A blind person develops in fifteen inflammation of the intestine in his or their lives. The incidence of appendicitis is highest among men aged between ten and fourteen and women aged between fifteen and nineteen. The disease is rare among the elderly and children under the age of two.

Causes

Appendicitis by the presence of an excess of toxic waste in the mecum. Accordingly, the installation is irritated and inflamed. If inflammation and infections of some germs which usually occur in gastrointestinal tract.