Can children get appendicitis?

Many people believe that appendicitis is a disease only for adults and that children will not get it. This understanding is a huge misunderstanding. In fact, there is no age limit for appendicitis. Many unknown reasons may lead to appendicitis, especially acute appendicitis, which can be so painful that people die when it occurs. So can children get appendicitis? Let me give you an answer!

Appendicitis refers to inflammatory changes in the appendix caused by various factors. It is a common disease and its prognosis depends on timely diagnosis and treatment. With early diagnosis and treatment, most patients can recover in a short period of time, and the mortality rate is extremely low (0.1% to 0.2%). If diagnosis and treatment are delayed, serious complications may occur, or even death may occur.

Appendicitis is a common disease. Clinically, symptoms include right lower abdominal pain, fever, vomiting, and neutrophilia. Appendicitis is inflammation of the appendix and is the most common abdominal surgical disease. Poor emptying of the appendix is ​​one of the main causes of appendicitis. This is mainly due to the curved blind tube, small opening, narrow lumen, and extremely slow peristalsis, which makes the lumen of the appendix very easy to be blocked, often due to fecal masses (stones), food fragments, roundworms or foreign objects.

Simple acute appendicitis is treated with non-surgical treatment, and chronic appendicitis is treated conservatively with the Tongfu Appendix prescription. Most patients can be cured, but those with chronic inflammation or narrow lumen are prone to recurrence. Therefore, once acute appendicitis is diagnosed, emergency surgery is still required to remove the diseased appendix.

Appendicitis is more common in young people, but children can also suffer from appendicitis. Appendicitis in children has the following characteristics:

1. The medical history is unreliable and the patient is uncooperative during physical examination.

2. Digestive tract symptoms are severe, with frequent and severe nausea and vomiting.

3. Children’s appendix has a thin wall and is prone to perforation.

4. The greater omentum is short, so inflammation is not easily localized but easily spreads, causing panperitonitis.

5. Easy to undergo early surgery.

After reading the above introduction, I believe you must have a clear understanding of whether children have appendicitis. If a child has sudden abdominal pain, it is best to take the child to the hospital for a detailed examination. If it is appendicitis, you can take the most appropriate approach to deal with it under the doctor's advice. Don't be careless.