Appendicitis is a real disaster for a person, as it occurs almost always unexpectedly and at the most inopportune time. This disease requires the adoption of certain measures. The disease itself will not go away and you should not rely on anti-inflammatory drugs and painkillers that will help calm the pain. Nothing will "resolve itself". To be fully armed before this disease, you need to know its symptoms.
This disease is associated with inflammation of the appendix, part of the cecum, which is an important part of the large intestine. Appendicitis can be either acute or chronic. Acute and chronic appendicitis, their symptoms are almost the same, but only a surgeon can establish an accurate diagnosis.
In this article, we will examine chronic appendicitis in more detail. This disease develops after acute appendicitis has been transferred , and is accompanied by increased proliferation of connective tissue in the place where inflammation used to be. Emerging inflammatory processes can lead to adhesions that appear between the process and the tissues surrounding it. In the event that serous fluid accumulates, the process can turn into a cyst.
Chronic appendicitis, symptoms
Most often, these are periodically occurring pains in the lower right side of different strengths, from aching to acute pain, it seems to a person that it is enough to lie down and it will subside. This is not always the case, since the chronic form can go acute. Appearing at the most inopportune time, chronic appendicitis, some symptoms may not be manifested.
Chronic appendicitis, diagnosis.
Both adults and children, often between the ages of 10-11 and 30, are affected by pregnant women. The disease has no gender differences. During the diagnosis, a thorough examination by the doctor of the patient is important. A laboratory examination of the patient’s blood is also carried out. Attention is drawn to the fact that the number of leukocytes in the blood of the patient increases.
If diagnosis is difficult, an X-ray examination is also used, in which you can detect fecal stone, blocking the exit from the appendix, as well as ultrasound.
Types of chronic appendicitis.
There are two types of chronic forms of appendicitis. Chronic recurrent appendicitis develops when an operation for an acute form has not been timely performed. The inflammation subsided, but the person did not fully recover, since the cause of the disease was not completely eliminated. In such a patient, a dormant infection can give outbreaks, and then attacks of acute appendicitis of different severity develop.
Primarily chronic appendicitis occurs in patients who did not have acute pain. They complain of pain of an indefinite nature in the right iliac region, frequent constipation, nausea, and sometimes vomiting. Diagnosed with palpation. When clarifying the diagnosis, it is necessary to exclude diseases of other internal organs (right-sided adnexitis, peptic ulcer, diseases of the right kidney and chronic cholecystitis, etc.).
Chronic appendicitis, treatment.
The chronic form of appendicitis does not respond to treatment, the only way out is surgical intervention and removal of the appendix by surgery. The operation is carried out in a hospital with a subsequent period of rehabilitation and recovery.
As you can see, chronic appendicitis symptoms and treatment are the same as in acute, so at the first signs you need to see a doctor.
The signs of this disease should be known to every person, since if you miss it, then for the patient everything can be fatal. Be more attentive to your health.