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Chronic appendicitis - signs.
In the cecum, inflammatory processes may not proceed acutely (as in acute appendicitis), but sluggishly, and become chronic. In this condition, the symptoms of the disease can be nonspecific and vague.
A short painful symptom in the appendix area may not recur, but inflammatory processes will develop and, depending on the state of the gastrointestinal tract, the general condition of the body, and the work of the immune system, they will take a slow course.
The chronic course of appendicitis will not lead to recovery, but will only delay the acute period indefinitely. A sluggish current inflammatory process will lead to degradation of the cecum tissues, the formation of adhesions, growths of granulation tissue, the appearance of artificial bends of the cecum, which in turn creates the prerequisites for maintaining inflammation and the development of an acute state.
Signs of chronic appendicitis are often camouflaged as symptoms of other ailments:
- Drawing pains in the lower abdomen (cystitis, somatosis, menstruation, ectopic pregnancy),
- Low temperature 37 degrees (may not be noticeable),
- Nausea of unknown origin,
- Bowel disorders,
- Biochemical parameters of blood and urine indicate a focus of inflammation in the body (increased ESR, increased number of leukocytes).
Chronic appendicitis is dangerous because at the most inopportune moment it can end in rupture of the wall of the cecum and infection of the body as a whole.
Chronic appendicitis is not treated laparoscopically (like acute appendicitis), but requires abdominal surgery.
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