Treatment of appendicitis in children

In recent years, the effect of treating appendicitis in children has been very good. Parents don’t have to worry or be afraid of these diseases. Today’s medical conditions are so developed, and everyone must believe in the doctor’s medical skills. There is no disease that cannot be cured now. Parents of today’s children pay great attention to it. For example, if a child suffers from hemangioma, parents don’t have to worry. Today we will talk about what are the methods for treating appendicitis in children?

1. Non-surgical treatment

(1) General treatment:

The patient should rest in bed and be fed liquid or semi-liquid food. If dehydration occurs due to poor appetite, fluid infusion should be given to correct dehydration and water-electrolyte imbalance.

(2) Drug treatment:

Antibiotics are used to control three types of bacteria: Gram-positive, Gram-negative and anaerobic. Commonly used ones include penicillin, chloramphenicol, metronidazole, (metronidazole and gentamicin), etc.

2. Surgical treatment

General symptoms must be improved before surgery, such as correcting dehydration and electrolyte imbalance, reducing fever, using antibiotics, and using gastrointestinal decompression to improve abdominal distension. The main surgery is appendectomy. For abdominal abscess and necrotic tissue, perform peritoneal drainage at the same time. For severe local infiltration and adhesion, drainage is performed first, and then appendectomy is performed 2 to 3 months later.

TCM treatment of acute appendicitis in children

1. Medication

Prescription 1: Red Peony Root 9g, Taraxacum Mulberry 30g, Cortex Moutan 9g, Rhubarb 9g (added last). Mostly used for catarrhal appendicitis

Prescription 2: peach kernel 9g, forsythia suspensa 15g, honeysuckle 30g, stir-fried pangolin 9g, stir-fried soapberry 9g, dandelion 30g, red peony root 15g, Patrinia 30g, rhubarb 9g (added later), gypsum 30g (for fever). Mostly used for appendix abscess.

Addition and subtraction:

(1) For high fever, add gypsum, purple snow, artificial bezoar, and isatis indigotica;

(2) For poor appetite, damp-heat, and greasy tongue coating, add Patchouli, Perilla frutescens, and Coix seed;

(3) For nausea and vomiting, add bamboo shavings, ginger, and raw pinellia;

(4) For abdominal pain, add Rhizoma Corydalis, Rhizoma Chuanlianzi, Rhizoma Pruni, and Rhizoma Chuanxiong;

(5) For constipation, add Glauber's salt and Sodium sulfate;

(6) For abdominal distension, add Citrus aurantium, Magnolia officinalis, and stir-fried Radish Seed;

(7) To relieve fever, add Bupleurum, Scutellaria, and Brassica juncea.

The previous section describes the methods of treating appendicitis in children. These treatments are very effective for this disease in children. Parents can try it. The treatment effect is quite good. Children are now the treasures of every family, so when they get a certain disease, we must devote ourselves wholeheartedly. Even if there is only a one in ten thousand chance, we must try it. I hope that some children suffering from this disease will seek treatment quickly and not delay the treatment period. I hope all children will have a happy and healthy childhood and body.