How to diagnose appendicitis ?
March 6th, 2010 by admin
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appendicitis Appendicitis symptoms: Patients with appendicitis symptoms typically look ill and are lying still in bed. Low-grade fever is common (38?C). Examination of the acute appendicitis abdomen usually reveals diminished bowel sounds and focal tenderness with voluntary guarding. The exact location of the tenderness is directly over the appendix, which is most commonly at McBurney’s point (located one third of the distance along a line drawn from the anterior superior iliac spine to the umbilicus). The normal appendix is mobile, so it may become inflamed at any point on a 360-degree circle around the base of the cecum. :acute appendicitis |
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