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We don't know of any home remedy for appendicitis. Once you are suspected to have appendicitis, you are advised not to eat if surgery is planned, as surgery is better and more safely done on an empty stomach.
You should also not take laxatives, antibiotics, or pain medications, because they might cause rupture of the appendix or mask the symptoms of appendicitis, making diagnosis difficult.
The surgery that corrects appendicitis is called an appendectomy. It’s a procedure that has changed over the years. What used to be an open surgery is now often done through a laparoscope. Laparoscopic surgery is performed with the aid of a tiny camera threaded into the abdomen. It has transformed some forms of abdominal surgery. Eighty to ninety percent of gallbladder operations are done using laparoscopy. Now a number of doctors use this surgery to remove the appendix.
Patient’s hospital stays are shorter with laparoscopic surgery. But longer stays are expected when the appendix has already ruptured. When the patient is very ill, he may require special measures such as stomach tubes and intravenous medications turning a short recovery into months of convalescence.
Orginal essay by Maria Auren Bernido for Appendicitis Foundation (www.AppendicitisFoundation.org)
First published on April 16, 2004.
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What can I do?
We don't know of any home remedy for appendicitis. Once you are suspected to have appendicitis, you are advised not to eat if surgery is planned, as surgery is better and more safely done on an empty stomach.
You should also not take laxatives, antibiotics, or pain medications, because they might cause rupture of the appendix or mask the symptoms of appendicitis, making diagnosis difficult.
The surgery that corrects appendicitis is called an appendectomy. It’s a procedure that has changed over the years. What used to be an open surgery is now often done through a laparoscope. Laparoscopic surgery is performed with the aid of a tiny camera threaded into the abdomen. It has transformed some forms of abdominal surgery. Eighty to ninety percent of gallbladder operations are done using laparoscopy. Now a number of doctors use this surgery to remove the appendix.
Patient’s hospital stays are shorter with laparoscopic surgery. But longer stays are expected when the appendix has already ruptured. When the patient is very ill, he may require special measures such as stomach tubes and intravenous medications turning a short recovery into months of convalescence.
Orginal essay by Maria Auren Bernido for Appendicitis Foundation (www.AppendicitisFoundation.org)
First published on April 16, 2004.
Copyright (c) AppendicitisFoundation.org. All rights reserved.
Return to the home page AppendicitisFoundation.org
This web site was founded April 12, 2004
This website was Last updated: September 10, 2005 06:25:41
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