Appendicitis may be caused by a virus or bacteria in the digestive tract. When the tube that joins the large intestine and appendix is trapped by stool. Appendicitis: Appendicitis occurs when your ...

Severe appendicitis is sometimes dismissed as mere period pain. But ignoring it can result in serious consequences. Dr Sood ...

Sometimes it so happens that you suffer pain but most of the time you over-look it, considering the pain to be a common abdominal pain. Yes, stomach pain is something very common and people do not pay ...

Appendicitis can feel very similar to gas. However, unlike gas, appendicitis pain occurs specifically to the lower right of the belly button, is severe, and worsens over the next few hours.

The appendix is a fingerlike pouch that sits at the junction of the large intestine and small intestine and is located in the lower right area of the abdomen. The function of the appendix is not known ...

Run-of-the-mill stomach problems are usually nothing to worry about. Constipation, diarrhea, indigestion—we’ve all been there. But sometimes, stomach pain signals something more serious. And if you’re ...

Acute appendicitis is the sudden and severe inflammation of the appendix. It can cause pain in the abdomen, and this pain may occur quickly and worsen within hours. The appendix is a narrow tube that ...

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Although the incidence of appendicitis in the United States has been in decline for many years, the condition still affects approximately seven percent of Americans annually. Although the incidence of ...

He is forced to push back tapings of his show, which has struggled to gain a ratings foothold, for surgery. By Lindsay Powers Nate Berkus did a live TV appearance on the Today show Tuesday — before ...