How painful is acute appendicitis?

We all know about the appendix as a human organ through appendicitis, because appendicitis is one of the common diseases in the human body and its incidence rate is very high. General appendicitis is divided into acute appendicitis and chronic appendicitis. Acute appendicitis develops faster, so the symptoms in the human body are much more obvious than those of chronic appendicitis. So how painful is it when acute appendicitis strikes?

1. How many days does the pain of acute appendicitis usually last?

Inflammatory changes in the appendix are caused by a variety of factors. It is a common disease and its prognosis depends on timely diagnosis and treatment. Inflammation of the appendix is ​​often clinically manifested by right lower abdominal pain, fever, vomiting, etc. The initial site of abdominal pain is usually in the upper abdomen or around the navel. After about 6-8 hours, the pain gradually moves downward and finally fixes in the lower right abdomen.

There are many types of appendicitis, including simple, suppurative, gangrenous, etc. For simple appendicitis, the patient is generally given intravenous drip for 5-7 days, and the stitches are removed 7 days after abdominal surgery. If the hospitalization time is longer due to purulent or gangrenous appendicitis, the dressing change in the outpatient clinic may take more than one month.

Migrating pain: Typical acute appendicitis symptoms include pain in the upper and middle abdomen or around the umbilicus in the early stages. After a few hours, the pain migrates and becomes fixed in the right lower abdomen. Medically known as transfer pain. This is a very important indicator and should be taken seriously. Simple appendicitis often presents with paroxysmal or persistent distending pain and dull pain. Persistent severe pain often indicates purulent or gangrenous appendicitis. Continuous severe pain affecting the middle or lower abdomen or both sides of the lower abdomen is often a sign of gangrenous appendix perforation. If it is diarrhea or stomach pain, the pain location is usually fixed.

The treatment of appendicitis is mainly surgical, especially acute appendicitis must be treated with emergency surgery. Conservative treatment is not effective. Even if it is relieved once, it will recur in the future.

2. What causes acute appendicitis?

There are many causes of acute appendicitis. First of all, the factors of this disease are likely to be caused by physical and physiological factors. The physical factors are likely to be caused by poor emptying of the appendix, while the physiological factors are likely to be caused by gastrointestinal dysfunction.

Infarction, the appendix is ​​located in the lower right abdomen of the human body. It is actually a long and thin tube. Because one end is connected to our cecum, only one end is connected. Therefore, if the appendix is ​​blocked by other substances, some secretions in the lumen will slowly accumulate, which will cause the pressure inside the appendix to increase. The appendix wall will also be compressed to a certain extent, hindering the blood supply to the original distal side. In this case, if bacteria invade the mucous membrane, it will cause infection. Therefore, infarction inside the appendix is ​​an important cause of acute appendicitis.

Infection. Acute appendicitis is mainly caused by direct infection of bacteria in the appendix cavity, and the bacteria are the source of infection of acute appendicitis. Because the appendix cavity is connected to the cecum, there are many numbers and types of bacteria in the human appendix cavity. Therefore, when the human appendix mucosa is slightly damaged, bacteria and viruses will take advantage of the opportunity to enter and cause patients to have varying degrees of infection.

3. What should patients with acute appendicitis eat?

First of all, patients with appendicitis should eat more foods that have the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying. Such foods mainly include mung beans, bitter melon, winter melon, etc. The purpose of eating these foods is to effectively help wound healing and prevent inflammation at the surgical site. It is recommended to cook mung bean porridge, and stir-fry bitter melon and winter melon or make soup.

Secondly, patients with appendicitis should eat more liquid and nutritious foods. Liquid foods such as milk, rice soup, noodle soup, and batter should be eaten more. You can also drink more fruit juices such as grapefruit juice, pear juice, apple juice, and lotus root juice. The purpose is to effectively help the body replenish vitamins and effectively promote the recovery of body functions.

Then, patients with acute appendicitis should not eat foods that cause stomach bloating. If they eat bloating foods such as soybeans, buckwheat, potatoes, etc. after surgery, it will affect food absorption and wound healing. They should not eat foods with too high fiber content. Celery, leeks, toon, spinach and other foods with too high fiber content will cause gastrointestinal digestion problems after surgery, which will affect the recovery of acute appendicitis.

Finally, patients with acute appendicitis should not eat greasy food. After eating greasy food, bacteria can easily grow in the patient's gastrointestinal tract, which can easily induce bacterial infection. Fatty foods such as fat, ham, mutton, ribs, etc. are not allowed to be eaten, as well. Dog meat, mutton, bamboo shoots, beef, rooster meat, carp and other irritating foods are also not allowed to be eaten.