How to take care of appendicitis and abdominal bloating

In daily life, many people have many bad living habits. If this continues for a long time, it will cause some harm to the body, and sometimes they will suffer from some diseases. Appendicitis is a relatively common disease. When suffering from appendicitis, the patient will feel strong pain in the abdomen, and sometimes feel like there is bloating in the stomach. At this time, you should go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time.

Appendicitis care

1. Avoid overeating and eat small meals frequently.

2. Usually, the main thing is to prevent the occurrence of enteritis and colds, keep warm and avoid catching cold.

3. Patients with chronic appendicitis should pay attention to avoiding excessive fatigue in their daily lives, ensure adequate sleep and a happy spirit, because this can prevent the body's resistance from being reduced and the disease from recurring.

4. Pay attention to keeping the bowels open. Patients with constipation tendencies should adjust their diet and other aspects. They can perform self-abdominal massage. Those whose condition is difficult to change can try taking laxatives, such as Ma Zi Ren Wan, Tongbian Ling, Guo Laxative, Senna Leaves, etc., or use enema. But this is only a temporary measure and cannot be relied upon in the long term.

5. Patients with chronic appendicitis are prohibited from drinking alcohol. Their diet should be light and they should eat more fiber-rich foods to keep their bowel movements smooth. Generally speaking, warm animal meat such as lamb, beef, and dog meat should be consumed in moderation, and onions, ginger, garlic, and chili peppers should not be eaten too much. For foods that have the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying and removing dampness, such as mung beans, bean sprouts, bitter melon, etc., you can choose to eat them.

6. Drinking a moderate amount of water can neutralize stomach acid and reduce the irritation of gastric juice on the ulcer surface. It can also replenish the body's mild dehydration caused by diarrhea.

7. Use drugs with caution, especially some antipyretic, analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs, which can cause great irritation to the gastrointestinal tract and even gastrointestinal bleeding or perforation in severe cases. It is best not to use them or use them sparingly.

Symptoms of chronic appendicitis

(1) Gastrointestinal reactions

Patients often feel indigestion and poor appetite of varying degrees. Patients with a longer course of illness may experience emaciation and weight loss. There is generally no nausea, vomiting, or abdominal distension, but elderly patients may suffer from constipation.

(2) Abdominal pain

It is mainly located in the right lower abdomen, and is characterized by intermittent dull pain or bloating, which is sometimes severe and sometimes mild, and the location is relatively fixed. Most patients experience abdominal pain after a full meal, exercise, or long-term standing. There may be an attack of acute appendicitis during the course of the disease.

(3) Indirect signs

Various specific tender points such as McBurney's point, Langerhans' point, psoas sign, and Roche's sign are meaningless in the diagnosis of chronic appendicitis.

(4) Abdominal tenderness

Tenderness is the only physical sign, mainly located in the right lower abdomen, usually with a small range and constant position, and only occurs when heavy pressure is applied. There is no muscle tension or rebound tenderness, and generally no abdominal mass, but a distended cecum can sometimes be felt.