Contents:
- Medical Video: 5 common signs of Appendicitis
- Symptoms and signs of appendicitis rupture
- 1. Unbearable abdominal pain
- 2. Fever
- 3. Nausea, vomiting, and no appetite
- 4. Frequent urination
- 5. Daze or anxiety
- How long will appendicitis eventually break?
Medical Video: 5 common signs of Appendicitis
Appendicitis is a condition that causes inflammation of the appendix. If not treated, the appendix will rupture, which can be life threatening and cause death. Although not all cases of appendicitis cause the appendix to rupture, the longer the condition is out of control, the greater the risk. Here are some symptoms or signs of broken appendicitis.
Symptoms and signs of appendicitis rupture
1. Unbearable abdominal pain
The appendix usually causes severe pain that extends from the navel to the lower right side of the abdomen. Although this does not always mean a ruptured appendix, you may need to do an imaging test, such as a CT scan to confirm it.
People with ruptured appendicitis will experience more severe abdominal pain. Especially when you do things like walking, coughing, or passing police sleeping in a car, the entire wall of your stomach can become inflamed. If this is the symptom you feel, the appendix may almost break or may have ruptured.
2. Fever
Symptoms of fever are common in people whose rupture is broken. This is because fever is a normal immune response that occurs when fighting infection and is trying to reduce the number of bacteria that attack the body. Symptoms of fever can be body temperature that reaches more than 38.3 degrees Celsius, shivering, and an increase in heart rate in patients.
3. Nausea, vomiting, and no appetite
Appendicitis sometimes affects the digestive tract and nervous system which causes nausea and vomiting. You also naturally become not appetite when the digestive system goes wrong.
4. Frequent urination
The location of the appendix is lower in the pelvis, so that its position is close enough to the bladder. When the bladder is in contact with the inflamed appendix, the bladder will also become inflamed. As a result, you will urinate more often and may feel painful.
5. Daze or anxiety
If you are confused or disoriented (dazed) accompanied by other symptoms of appendicitis, this may be a sign of getting worse appendicitis. The bacteria that infect your appendix may have entered the bloodstream which can cause sepsis or blood poisoning.
Sepsis occurs because chemicals from the body's immune system that enter the blood vessels to fight infection trigger an inflammatory response in the body. This can be fatal.
Infection can get worse and consume a lot of oxygen, so the brain is unable and unable to function normally.
How long will appendicitis eventually break?
Rupture of appendicitis usually occurs after the first 24 hours after the initial symptoms of appendicitis appear. However, the risk will increase especially in 48-72 hours after symptoms.
The first sign is usually faint pain around the navel. When inflammation develops, the pain moves towards the right side of the body, usually towards the hip. Other symptoms that develop during the next 24 hours may include nausea, vomiting, and fever. In some cases patients may also experience swollen stomach, back pain, or even constipation.
When the intestine begins to become infected, the normal bacteria in the intestine will begin to multiply rapidly. The intestine will become inflamed and filled with pus containing bacteria, tissue cells, and white blood cells that die.
This infection will cause the pressure on the appendix to increase sharply. As a result, the blood flowing through the walls of the organ will decrease so that the tissue in the intestine will lack blood and die slowly. This process will continue until the muscle wall in the intestine becomes very thin and eventually breaks.
Therefore, if you experience various symptoms of ruptured appendicitis described above, seek medical attention immediately.
