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Preventing Appendicitis

There are no guidelines for preventing appendicitis because it comes on suddenly and the cause is usually not known. To decrease the risk of rupture, seek medical care immediately for severe abdominal pain.

RESOURCES:

American College of Surgeons
http://www.facs.org/

National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/index.htm/

CANADIAN RESOURCES:

Canada Health Portal
http://chp-pcs.gc.ca/CHP/index_e.jsp/

Health Canada
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/index-eng.php/

References:

American College of Surgeons website. Available at: http://www.facs.org/ . Accessed October 13, 2005.

Dambro MR. Griffith's 5-Minute Clinical Consult. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 1999.

Diagnosis of appendicitis in emergency departments. Am Fam Physician. 2003;67:2390.

Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 4th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby-Year Book, Inc; 1998.

Feldman M, Scharschmidt BF, Sleisenger MH. Sleisenger and Fordtran's Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 6th ed. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders Company; 1998.

JAMA patient page: appendicitis JAMA. 1999;282:1102.

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases website. Available at: http://www.niddk.nih.gov/ . Accessed October 13, 2005.

Sabiston DC Jr. Textbook of Surgery. 15th ed. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders Co.; 1997.

*Updated Treatment section on 7/13/2007 according to the following study, as cited by DynaMed's Systematic Literature Surveillance DynaMed's Systematic Literature Surveillance : Styrud J, Eriksson S, Nilsson I, et al. Appendectomy versus antibiotic treatment in acute appendicitis. a prospective multicenter randomized controlled trial. World J Surg. 2006;30:1033-1037.

Last reviewed December 2007 by Jill Landis, MD

Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Talk about it in the:
Appendicitis Support Group

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