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How do you know it is your appendix that hurts and not just a bacteria invection?
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What does the appendix do in a tiger?
The appendix keeps the gut supplied with "friendly bacteria" which keeps the "bad" bacteria in check. Appendicitis happens when the "bad" bacteria overpopulates and begins to overtake the appendix. Researchers in the United States say the appendix produces and protects good germs for the gut by "rebooting" the digestive system. The team of immunologists at Duke University Medical Center say the human digestive system contains massive amounts of bacteria most of which are good and help the digestion of food. However the researchers say sometimes the bacteria die off or are purged from the intestines as in diseases such as cholera or dysentery. Antibiotics do not discriminate "good" and "bad" bacteria. They kill all bacteria. Too many antibiotics can also be an issue for intestinal flora ("friendly bacteria") to survive. The result of the good bacteria population being wiped out is that the bad bacteria will more easily take over. Yeast infections are also more apt to flourish without the good bacteria to keep the yeast in check. According to the researchers, the appendix's job is to "reboot" the digestive system when that happens with the bacteria safely harbored in the appendix. Many doctors, unfortunately still believe the appendix is a vestigial organ with no function and is no more than a blind ended tube connected to the cecum, from which it develops embryologically.
What do you use your appendix for?
The function of the appendix is not known for certain. It has been speculated that they function as an alarm for the immune system. The appendix will hold samples of all of the bacteria present in the large intestine. The body can then detect them and react accordingly. This is similar to how the tonsils are thought to help the immune system by sampling things we swallow to alert the immune system of what we just ingested.
Do you get your appendix out with a partial hysterectomy?
I just had a partial hysterectomy with my appendix taken out as well...
How deep is the appendix located?
The appendix is hooked on the the very end of the small intestine, just before the large intestine starts. If you are thinking appendicitis, you feel pain in the low right side of your abdomen. If you can press on your tummy there and it does not hurt too bad, but hurts when you release your 'press hold' you may have appendicitis. If you are worried, see your DR.
Will the removal of your appendix change your life?
the removal of your appendix will not change your life. because your appendix is just an accesory to your large intestine. long ago the appendix was much more useful than today.
What happens if you don't have your appendix?
Nothing will happen if you have had your appendix surgically removed. Doctors are not sure why humans have an appendix. We can live without it.
What does it mean if your appendix is hurting?
It's possibly inflamed. If you're sure it IS your appendix (and not just a 'general tummy-ache' - you should seek medical advice ASAP. An appendix that bursts, releases toxins into the patient's body - which CAN (in extreme circumstances) prove fatal.
Make a sentence with the word appendix?
I just got my appendix taken out of my body and it hurt so much.
Do females have appendix also or just males?
Yes, they do. The vermiform appendix is not a gender-related body part.
What does the appendix produce?
nothing its just an organ
Show location of appendix?
The appendix is located at the bottom of the ascending colon, just below where the small bowel joins with the colon.
Is appendix part of the immune system?
no even doctors don't know why the human body has an appendix it is just there
