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Role of Appendix

 

Physicians at Duke University Medical School have published a paper in the Journal of Theoretical Biology claiming that the function of the appendix has been discovered ....possibly.

 

They postulate that in spite of the fact that the appendix is routinely removed during surgery and people continue to live in good health without them, the appendix in fact has a role. That role is to restore the bacteria of the human body in the digestive system. These bacteria help to digest food. Whenever bacteria in the intestine die or are subject to diseases the useful bacteria is destroyed. The appendix role is to re-populate the digestive system with useful bacteria. The appendix acts as sort of a storage facility used to restore the bacteria.

 

In less developed countries the rate of appendicitis is lower than in the United States. About 300 to 400 Americans die every year of appendicitis. Patients usually present to the local emergency room with severe abdominal pain, a fever and an elevated white blood cell count is usually found. In it's early stages the pain is usually diffuse and later on centers on one location. Problems usually occur with a delayed diagnosis causing the appendix to rupture and infection to spread within the peritoneal cavity. Our office has handled many cases where there was a delay in diagnosing an inflamed appendix. These patients soon developed peritonitis and sometimes die. The benefits of an early diagnosis can not be overstated.

 

If you or a loved one has medical malpractice questions in New York, please contact the medical malpractice attorneys at Silberstein, Awad & Miklos, serving clients in New York and NYC including Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Long Island, New York City, and Queens.

 

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Joseph Miklos

 

 

 

Silberstein, Awad & Miklos, P.C.
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