Nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite could just be signs you’re battling a stomach bug. But when paired with other symptoms ...

An acute condition in which the symptoms appear and immediately worsen, appendicitis requires quick diagnosis and surgery for complete recovery ...

Appendicitis is the most common cause of abdominal pain that results in surgery in the United States, with about 5-9% of Americans having the condition at some point in their life, according to ...

Pain from appendicitis often gets worse over time. It also may feel worse when you move, take deep breaths, inhale, cough, sneeze, or your abdomen is touched. If your ...

That nagging pain in your abdomen might be more than just a stomachache. Appendicitis affects thousands of Americans each year, often striking without warning and requiring swift medical attention.

Appendicitis typically begins with pain in the center of your abdomen, which may come and go. Within a few hours, the pain often shifts to the lower right side, where the appendix is usually located, ...

Appendicitis and food poisoning can present with similar symptoms, especially stomach pain, making it challenging to distinguish between the two.In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr. Sanjay ...

(via TEDEd) In 1961, an Antarctic expedition took a harrowing turn: Dr. Leonid Rogozov began feeling feverish, with an excruciating pain in his right side.It soon became clear that he had appendicitis ...

The pain was right-sided, periumbilical, nonradiating, and preceded by several episodes of brown, nonbloody diarrhea. He had been healthy previously and he denied nausea, vomiting, dysuria, melena ...

I’m in pain, and I’m worried I will get a very severe infection. Why do I need to wait? Why don’t they operate? I always thought that when you have appendicitis, they operate right away. -- D.S.

Race appears to affect the odds that a child or teen with appendicitis, a painful condition requiring surgery, will get pain medication, particularly opioid medication, according to a new study.