Getting Acquainted
Appendicitis – an inflammation of the appendix. It is thought that appendicitis begins when the opening between the appendix and caecum blocked. Blockages can occur due to thick mucus layers within the appendix or due to fecal masses, which fall in the appendix of the cecum. The mucus or stool hardens, becomes dense as a stone, and block the hole. Such stones are called coprolite (literally – 'stones from the feces'). In other cases, the lymphoid tissue in the appendix may swell and block the appendix. The body reacts to the introduction of such an attack on the development of bacteria attack called inflammation.
Another theory causes appendicitis – the original rupture of the appendix followed by spread of bacteria outside of the appendix. The reason for this gap is unclear, but it may be related to changes that occur in lymphoid tissue that lines the wall of the appendix. If the inflammation and infection spread in the interior wall of the appendix, it can burst. After the break the infection can spread to the abdominal cavity, however, usually limited to a small space of the process surrounding the appendix (forming a so-called "periappendikulyarny abscess"). Sometimes the organism successfully "cures" appendicitis without surgery if the infection and accompanying inflammation do not spread throughout the abdomen. Inflammation, pain and other symptoms may disappear. This situation occurs in some elderly patients, as well as with antibiotics. Therefore, patients may seek medical attention after a long period of time after an attack of appendicitis with swelling or infiltration in the right lower abdomen.
Tags: medicine