Interesting article! Here's the part about what it does: There's some other interesting information about why they thought it was useless and what might cause appendicitis.
Interesting article!
Here's the part about what it does:
It turns out that the appendix appears to have two related functions. The first function is supporting the immune system. The appendix has a high concentration of immune tissue, so it's acting to help the immune system fight any bad things in the gut.
The second function that it serves is what we refer to as the safe house. So this was a hypothesis that was put forward by a team from Duke University in 2007. And they argued that the appendix may serve as a safe reservoir for the beneficial gut bacteria that we have.
There's some other interesting information about why they thought it was useless and what might cause appendicitis.
Informative~ Hopefully I'll be able to ask about antibiotics alternatives to cutting it off, if I ever get appendicitis. Seems like a nice little guy to have around. Science is always uncovering...
Informative~
Hopefully I'll be able to ask about antibiotics alternatives to cutting it off, if I ever get appendicitis. Seems like a nice little guy to have around.
Science is always uncovering more knowledge and that's cool. Once upon a time Egyptians thought the brain was totally useless and threw it away when mummifying the important bits.
While avoiding surgery is always preferable, one instance of appendicitis more often than not means it will occur again. I had my appendix flare up while I was on vacation overseas in Germany....
Hopefully I'll be able to ask about antibiotics alternatives to cutting it off, if I ever get appendicitis.
While avoiding surgery is always preferable, one instance of appendicitis more often than not means it will occur again.
I had my appendix flare up while I was on vacation overseas in Germany. They did blood tests to check white blood cell count and ultrasound to check that it was inflamed, but since it hadn't ruptured and the pain was relatively mild, opted to wait and see. I spent the night in the hospital, they did more tests the next day, and things looked and felt better so they released me.
And, about a year and a half later, it happened again. Since it got better on its own the last time, I didn't go to the hospital right away. That ended up being a mistake, though, because my appendix ended up perforating and I spent four nights in the hospital (instead of just having an outpatient appendectomy and sleeping in your own bed that night).
So I guess I wouldn't recommend kicking the can down the road, since they're still going to want to keep you in the hospital while giving you the antibiotics in case your appendix does rupture... and then you're going to be in for a longer stay and recovery.
As someone who had their appendix rupture while thinking they just had stomach flu, nah, just get rid of it once it starts causing problems. While avoiding surgery if you can is great, I'm not...
As someone who had their appendix rupture while thinking they just had stomach flu, nah, just get rid of it once it starts causing problems. While avoiding surgery if you can is great, I'm not sure the appendix is worth playing that game because if it ruptures you're in for a bad time! I was pretty young at the time, but it was still a two week recover since it had actually ruptured.
Interesting article!
Here's the part about what it does:
There's some other interesting information about why they thought it was useless and what might cause appendicitis.
Informative~
Hopefully I'll be able to ask about antibiotics alternatives to cutting it off, if I ever get appendicitis. Seems like a nice little guy to have around.
Science is always uncovering more knowledge and that's cool. Once upon a time Egyptians thought the brain was totally useless and threw it away when mummifying the important bits.
While avoiding surgery is always preferable, one instance of appendicitis more often than not means it will occur again.
I had my appendix flare up while I was on vacation overseas in Germany. They did blood tests to check white blood cell count and ultrasound to check that it was inflamed, but since it hadn't ruptured and the pain was relatively mild, opted to wait and see. I spent the night in the hospital, they did more tests the next day, and things looked and felt better so they released me.
And, about a year and a half later, it happened again. Since it got better on its own the last time, I didn't go to the hospital right away. That ended up being a mistake, though, because my appendix ended up perforating and I spent four nights in the hospital (instead of just having an outpatient appendectomy and sleeping in your own bed that night).
So I guess I wouldn't recommend kicking the can down the road, since they're still going to want to keep you in the hospital while giving you the antibiotics in case your appendix does rupture... and then you're going to be in for a longer stay and recovery.
Oh booo that sounds like it sucked. Thanks for the added perspective :( awww
As someone who had their appendix rupture while thinking they just had stomach flu, nah, just get rid of it once it starts causing problems. While avoiding surgery if you can is great, I'm not sure the appendix is worth playing that game because if it ruptures you're in for a bad time! I was pretty young at the time, but it was still a two week recover since it had actually ruptured.