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Q: Can appendicitis lead to bowel problems?
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How does eating seedy fruits such as tomatoes and guavas lead to appendicitis or inflammation of the appendix?

There is no evidence to say that eating seedy fruits gives you appendicitis. Some times you get appendicitis after the seed gets lodged in the lumen of appendix.


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Several bowel disorders can do this. Inflammatory bowel disease or IBD can include, Crohn's disease , Infectious colitis, ulcerative colitis, diverticulitis , lupus vasculitis. The only way to know for sure is to see a physician who will run appropriate tests to ascertain which disease is causing the symptoms. Even appendicitis can present with thickening of portions of the bowel.


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