A variety of symptoms that may change in time can be caused by appendicitis. An aching pain around the navel that often shifts later to the lower right abdomen is the most common early symptom. The pain may become sharper and more severe when the inflammation in the appendix spreads to nearby tissues, especially the inner lining of the abdomen.
At halfway between the navel and the top of the right pelvic bone can be found McBurney point, the place in the lower right abdomen 3/4 near the appendix where the pain tends to settle eventually. Depending on the age and the position of appendix the location of the pain may vary. For example appendicitis pain can appear in different places at young children.
It will feel tender if it's applied a gentle pressure to the area that hurts. When the pressure is done suddenly appendicitis pain will feel worse.The same applies when the patient is coughing, walking and making other jarring movements. That happens when the inflamed appendix touch the peritoneum, which is the silk-like membrane that lines the inner abdominal wall and enfolds the intestines. For a short time the pain may lessen if the person lies on her side or pulls her knees up toward her chest.
Beside the pain can appear the following signs or symptoms like: nausea and sometimes vomiting, loss of appetite, a low-grade fever, constipation, an inability to pass gas, diarrhea and abdominal swelling. The appearance of appendicitis it is unknown. It may be the result of an obstruction when the food waste or a hard piece of stool becomes trapped in a orifice of the cavity that runs the length of the appendix, or an infection like a gastrointestinal viral infection, or the result from other types of inflammation.
Appendix become inflamed and filled with puss because bacteria attack him and untreated promptly appendix may rupture. Because the pain of appendicitis can be changing over time it's difficult to establishing a diagnosis. There are some diseases with abdominal pain that can resemble with appendicitis pain like: ectopic pregnancy, certain ovarian cysts, kidney stone and Crohn's disease.
For give an diagnosis the doctor will examine the abdomen. If the adjacent peritoneum is inflamed, when gentle pressure on the painful area is suddenly released appendicitis pain will feel worse. Others procedures which can be recommended by doctors to find if the patient has or has not appendicitis are: blood test, urine test and imaging tests which include abdominal x-ray, ultrasound scan, a computerized tomography (CT) scan.
Because the appendicitis pain resemble with other disease pain it's better to see a doctor for a correct diagnosis.
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