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Appendicitis - Healing Acute Pain

Acute appendicitis is defined as the acute inflammation of the appendix. It is considered to be the most common cause of abdominal pain and distress in children and teenagers worldwide (ages 4-15). The appendix is a channel in its interior that communicates with the large intestine where feces semifluidas. The appendix is a small pouch attached to your large intestine. It is thought that appendicitis begins when the opening from the appendix into the cecum becomes blocked. The blockage may be due to a build-up of thick mucus within the appendix or to stool that enters the appendix from the cecum. When the appendix is blocked by calculus and feces or it is squeezed by the lymph nodes (due to bacterial infection, the lymph nodes usually become swollen and press against the appendix), it swells and usually doesn't receive enough blood. Bacteria grow inside the appendix, eventually causing its death. In acute appendicitis, the inflammation of the appendix is seriou...

Appendiksitis

A. PENGERTIAN Appendiksitis adalah merupakan peradangan pada appendik periformil. yaitu saluran kecil yang mempunyai diameter sebesar pensil dengan panjang 2-6 inci. Lokasi appendik pada daerah illiaka kanan,dibawah katup illiocaecal,tepatnya pada dinding abdomen dibawah titik Mc burney. B.ETIOLOGI Appendiksitis disebabkan oleh penyumbatan lumen appendik oleh hyperplasia Folikel lympoid Fecalit, benda asingstriktur karena Fibrasi karena adanya peradangan sebelumnya atau neoplasma.Obstruksi tersebut menyebabkan mucus yang memproduksi mukosa mengalami bendungan.Namun elastisitas dinding appendik mempunyai keterbatasan sehingga menyebabkan tekanan intra lumen.Tekanan yang meningkat tersebut akan menghambat aliran limfe yang akan menyebabkan edema dan ulserasi mukosa.Pada saat inilah terjadi Appendiksitis akut local yang ditandai oleh adanya nyeri epigastrium. 1. Ulserasi pada mukosa. 2. Obstruksi pada kolon oleh Fekalit (feses yang mengeras) 3. Pemberian barium 4. Berbagai macam...