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What Your Amazing Appendix Does!87

What Your Amazing Appendix Does!

Don't be fooled into thinking that this strange body organ is no more than an evolutionary by-product. Without your appendix you could be in very poor health indeed.

14 comments    medicine body immune system
Signs And Symptoms: How Do You Know If You Have Appendicitis And If You Need Your Appendix Removed83

Signs And Symptoms: How Do You Know If You Have Appendicitis And If You Need Your Appendix Removed

This page will help you know what the appendix is, where it is located, and how to know if you have appendicitis.

2 comments    abdominal pain appendicitis
Appendicitis Symptoms and Treatment87

Appendicitis Symptoms and Treatment

Appendicitis is the inflammation of the vermiform appendix, a small pencil-like structure connected with the cecum, the first part of the large intestine. Appendicitis is caused by an obstruction and infection...

1 comment    appendicitis
Men's Health: Lower Stomach Pain71

Men's Health: Lower Stomach Pain

There's a number of causes stomach pain in men, it includes infectious diseases, chronic diseases and digestive disorders. Since abdominal pain is quite broad as a symptom, it can also be diagnosed when there are other accompanying ailments....

1 comment    symptoms stomach abdominal pain
How to Self-Diagnose Appendicitis92

How to Self-Diagnose Appendicitis

When it's more than a stomachache, it might be appendicitis . Here's some guidance to help figure it out.

54 comments    health pain medical
Appendicitis and Appendectomy Facts and Information78

Appendicitis and Appendectomy Facts and Information

Learn about what appendicitis is, how it is diagnosed, what the symptoms and treatment options are, and what you need to watch out for post an appendectomy!!

6 comments    remove appendix
Surviving Appendicitis and The Hospital86

Surviving Appendicitis and The Hospital

Abdominal pain; nausea or vomiting; lack of appetite; tenderness on the lower right abdomen; what do these things have in common? They all can be symptoms of appendicitis.

16 comments    surgery appendicitis laparoscopy
Recognize the Signs of Appendicitis - Pain in Lower Right Side81

Recognize the Signs of Appendicitis - Pain in Lower Right Side

Worried that the pain in your right side might be appendicitis? Learn the signs and symptoms of an appendix attack, how appendicitis is treated and what else it might be.

4 comments    symptoms appendix
Symptoms of Appendicitis, and Ruptured Appendix....know what to look for.77

Symptoms of Appendicitis, and Ruptured Appendix....know what to look for.

Appendicitis is considered a medical emergency. Appendicitis is inflammation of the appendix. It is thought that appendicitis begins when the opening from the appendix into the cecum becomes blocked. The blockage may be due to a number of things...

5 comments    symptoms surgery signs
How can I Stop it?73

How can I Stop it?

HOW CAN I STOP IT? Rose was diagnosed to have appendicitis and needed surgery. She came to my office and I sensed from the way she spoke that she was afraid. I asked if she was afraid that something bad could happen to her during surgery or...

3 comments    appendicitis&tumors
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