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Peritonitis or a generalized infection in the abdomen will occur. Treatment of peritonitis as a result of a ruptured appendix includes removal of what remains of the appendix, insertion of drains.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoYou can get very sick, you should go to the hospital and get it removed immediately!
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What would the surgeon do in a ruptured appendix?
The appendix will be removed surgically by laproscopic or open surgery.
Can an epidemic be ruptured?
No, perhaps you are thinking of a ruptured epidermoid cyst (skin cyst) or ruptured appendix which can happen with appendicitis (inflammation or infection of the appendix in your intestine).
What can happen if you don't get an appendectomy?
If you need an appendectomy but keep postponing having your appendix removed, your appendix could rupture, and if you don't find a surgeon and a doctor in a hurry, a ruptured appendix, which causes peritonitis, could be fatal.
Can a ruptured spleen cause your appendix to become bad?
A ruptured spleen will not affect your appendix.
What happen harry hondini end of life?
Harry Houdini died of peritonitis, secondary to a ruptured appendix.
Can a ruptured appendix recur?
Possible but not probable. Ruptured appendix is almost fatal if untreated as intestinal contents seep out in to abdominal cavity causing serious infection called peritonitis and a surgery is needed to drain it and at the time of surgery appendix is removed. It is possible that there is a small "microperforation" that seals off by itself and later on the same appendix can get reinfected and rupture.
Why is a ruptured appendix life threatening?
Because the toxins from the burst appendix can get into the bloodstream and cause blood poisoning. If you get the appendix removed after it ruptured, you may need to get an abcess, to remove the toxins
Would you be able to walk if your appendix had burst?
No, you would be dead if you appendix ruptured.
Can coughing rupture your appendix?
That is very unlikely to get your appendix ruptured due to coughing.
What is the serious complication of a ruptured appendix?
peritonitis and death
What is the cpt code for excision of ruptured appendix?
44900
Had bust appendix no surgery was treated with anti biotics for peritonitis?
That sounds unusual. The doctor must have considered you extremely unfit for surgery. I suppose that a repair of a ruptured appendix could be accomplished through the inside of the colon (through basically a colonoscopy); however it would be unusual. Peritonitis is serious, though. It is basically the worst that can happen with a ruptured appendix, and it can be fatal.
