Appendicitis :-O

[CF93]

It's extremely dangerous when it ruptures as it basically floods the body with poisons.

Had peritonitis as result of a burst appendix when I was 15 - and in the middle of my O'levels, so missed quite a few! Didn't feel well when shifting furniture with my Dad, was sick in the evening, just thought I'd strained too much with some very heavy furniture. Decided to go to bed about 9pm but I couldn't actually bend at the waist at all to be able to get there!

My folks called the local doctor who came to the house, and when he examined me he said to get me to the hospital straight away, no time to wait for an ambulance. My Dad actually overtook a police car which was doing 90 on the motorway with blues and twos going!

When I was conscious enough to talk (three days later) I was told if I'd not gone in when I did, I wouldn't have survived the night.....

Was in hospital for over a week in the end, and literally within minutes of getting home, my cat decided to sit on my lap to have her kittens!

 

[Housey]

Had mine removed 2 years ago. Keyhole and frankly within 2 hours I was walking and getting about, within a couple of days genuinely felt normal. Mine was a prevention not a burst to be fair which I am told is very different.

 

[SPG]

Get a more manly appendix.

+10

 

[sprite1275]

Yep, I had it 8 years ago, was horrible. Luckily for me they caught it before it ruptured and as it was inflammed at the time they took it out because it was only a matter of days until it burst.

The pain after was also not nice.

Did they give you morphine for the pain along with Co-codamol?

They gave me paracetamol and codeine. I've been trying to get by just on paracetamol as the codeine can Bung you up. The last thing I need right now is straining on the toilet, I'd go through the roof.
I've had to give in though and started on the codeine.

 

[sprite1275]

What's the point of an Appendix anyway, in fact after I typed that I had a Google and still don't have the foggiest. Appendicitis sounds horrid anyway, the most pain I experienced was kidney stones, doubled up in agony until I passed them.

Slightly off topic, had a hernia op yesterday and in a bit of pain today, two weeks off work though so every cloud and all that.

One of the docs said in a few more generations the appendix Will cease to grow. One theory he said was when we were knuckle draggers and eat plants and grass it used to help digest that material.

I've also had a kidney stone which was stuck in the pipe leading from my kidney to the bladder. A year later and three attempts they finally got it. I experienced some major pain with that and ruptured appendix is not far off it.

 

[Orionaut]

I am amazed at how many people are reporting serious appendicitis at such an early age?

many of you are reporting teens/early 20's!

is this that common??

(And yes, A ruptured appendix is seriously life threatening. Those who have survived it have been lucky, It was not your day to die! )

 

[Orionaut]

One of the docs said in a few more generations the appendix Will cease to grow. One theory he said was when we were knuckle draggers and eat plants and grass it used to help digest that material.

Your Doc clearly does not understand how evolution by natural selection actually works!

 

[Hades]

I am amazed at how many people are reporting serious appendicitis at such an early age?

many of you are reporting teens/early 20's!

is this that common??

(And yes, A ruptured appendix is seriously life threatening. Those who have survived it have been lucky, It was not your day to die! )

I had mine when I was 12. Back in that day it wasn't keyhole surgery and I've got a quite large scar on my stomach. Now in my late 40's I've got myself fit and the muscle there is a different shape which makes my stomache look odd

 

[Rannoch]

I had mine out before keyhole surgery was around, or perhaps they were just lazy

Pain was steady and constant throughout that day, it didn't burst but the surgeon told me it was close.

 

[Minstadave]

I am amazed at how many people are reporting serious appendicitis at such an early age?

many of you are reporting teens/early 20's!

is this that common??

(And yes, A ruptured appendix is seriously life threatening. Those who have survived it have been lucky, It was not your day to die! )

Yeah childhood is the commonest age for appendicitis. Smaller hospitals see a case a week or so on the children's ward.

 

[Orionaut]

I had mine when I was 12. Back in that day it wasn't keyhole surgery and I've got a quite large scar on my stomach. Now in my late 40's I've got myself fit and the muscle there is a different shape which makes my stomache look odd

12 year old with tummy ache, I have to admit, my first thought would the consequence of eating a frog or something, not appendicitis!

Like I implied, You were lucky that it was caught in time.

 

[Orionaut]

Yeah childhood is the commonest age for appendicitis. Smaller hospitals see a case a week or so on the children's ward.

Is there any medical theory for this?

 

[Minstadave]

Is there any medical theory for this?

None that I'm aware of, I just pass them onto the scalpel jockeys though so not looked in to it much.

 

[DEL 707]

Had mine my out about 10 years ago.
Went to the doctors complaining of a stomach pain, he pressed down on my stomach and the pain was so sharp, I think my yell was so high pitched only dogs could hear it.
Other then that, the pain wasn't too bad, went to hospital, had it removed and was out again in a few days.

Worse part was trying to sleep the night before the operation, guy in the bed next to me wasn't "all there". He **** the bed and starting screaming at 3 in the morning.

 

[Orionaut]

None that I'm aware of, I just pass them onto the scalpel jockeys though so not looked in to it much.

I must say, I find that surprising.

I would have thought that if large numbers of hitherto healthy early/mid teen kids were randomly succumbing to renal, liver, pancreas, whatever. failure then I would expect that the researchers would be all over it.

Acute appendicitises represents a serious internal organ failure, especially if it occurs in somebody who had a previously unblemished health history.

If it was me I would want to know WTF was going on.

 

[sprite1275]

I am amazed at how many people are reporting serious appendicitis at such an early age?

many of you are reporting teens/early 20's!

is this that common??

(And yes, A ruptured appendix is seriously life threatening. Those who have survived it have been lucky, It was not your day to die! )

As soon as they thought mine was ruptured They were pumping me with antibiotics straight into my bloodstream.

My uncle said it happened to one of his workmates but they didn't act in time, sadly he died from it.

 

[kefkef]

Sat in hospital this very moment with the wife who's just had hers out. Started nearly 2 weeks ago and went to A&E, they said it was constipation and sent her home, a week later she saw her GP who said it was a water infection, 10 days after it started I took her back to A&E and they did a few tests and someone finally twigged and said it was appendicitis. Had it out yesterday and it was as close to rupturing as possible according to the surgeon, was too big to have keyhole surgery so she's now in until at least Thursday, possibly Friday!