Appendicitis is a very dangerous and cunning surgical disease. It is difficult to recognize at the first symptoms. Appendicitis is confused with intestinal poisoning, inflammation of the appendages in women, and men have a bladder. In order to identify the disease, read the obvious signs of inflammation of the appendix.
Basic symptoms of the disease
If you felt pain in the right lower side, then it is necessary to listen to it. Perhaps you just pulled the muscle, and maybe the first sign of appendicitis manifested itself. Pain with such a disease is characteristic, first it is not entirely strong, but after a while it becomes an acute, the patient is difficult to walk and turn over to the left side. In addition to severe pain, other symptoms are marked:
- increased body temperature up to 38 ° C (with acute appendicitis can reach 40-41 ° C);
- diarrhea (sometimes it can be with drops of scarlet blood);
- constipation or false urges of feces (if the constipation is accompanied by frequent vomiting or vomit urges, immediately call an ambulance);
- nausea and vomiting;
- solid stomach;
- full loss of appetite;
- dryness of the language, the presence of a white laid;
- student heartbeat (120-140 beats per minute).
Self-Diagnosis of Apandicitis
The exact diagnosis can only be supplied by the doctor, but before the emergency arrival, the patient can independently make a diagnosis. If a person is too difficult to perform a survey, relatives should come to the rescue.
- take the position lying on the back, it is desirable, on a solid surface, the index finger of the right hand will knock on the right side (at the location of the pain), with appendicitis, the pain should increase (make the same manipulation and in the left side, the feeling of pain or unpleasant sensations is not must);
- try to call cough, with appendicitis during a cough attack (even false) pain in the right lower side increase;
- very neatly, light movements slightly push into place where you feel pain and delay the palm for 5-10 seconds, if the pain decreased, and after the hand was removed, again resumed - this is a sign of acute appendicitis;
- turn over the right side and take the embryo shape (slightly tighten the legs to the chest), with appendicitis, the pain should decrease;
- turn over to the left and try straighten your feet smoothly (as far as possible), pain should increase.
During the diagnosis, in no case, do not press it on the stomach with force, it can lead to the gap of appendix.
How to recognize the disease in children?
Review appendicitis in a child is much more complicated than an adult. Most often, to confirm the disappointing diagnosis, the doctor prescribes an abdominal ultrasound and a standard set of analyzes (blood and urine test). First of all, the baby will begin to complain about abdominal pain. If the child is small, the exact location of the pain of pain does not can show, then mom needs to watch the behavior of his Chad, if the grimace pain appears on his face, the legs pull up and lies on the right side, then this may be a symptom of acute appendicitis. Also explicit signs of the disease are:
- full rejection of food;
- increased temperature;
- vomiting (on the first day of the disease is not manifested);
- the child sleeps badly, spinning constantly;
- stomach pain while walking (the child can bend and hold onto the stomach).
At the first pain in the child's abdomen, parents should apply for advice to the pediatrician.
Prevention of the disease
Everyone knows that the disease is better prevented than to treat it. The inflammation of the appendix is \u200b\u200ban incorrect lifestyle. So that appendicitis you never disturbed, read the tips:
- proper nutrition (turn on the diet of bran, vegetables, low-fat dairy products);
- cleaniness of the oral cavity and caries treatment;
- do not allow frequent constipation;
- do not abuse diets;
- limit yourself from stress and nervous shocks.
Remember that the treatment of appendicitis is solved only by surgical path. Do not self-medicate, do not use the methods of traditional medicine. At the first symptoms of the disease, call an ambulance.
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