Recurrence rate of conservative treatment of appendicitis

In daily life, many people do not develop good living habits, which will lead to some diseases. Appendicitis is a relatively common disease. Appendicitis can be divided into acute appendicitis and chronic appendicitis. Many people prefer conservative treatment after suffering from appendicitis. Regardless of the type of treatment, appendicitis will have a high recurrence rate, so it is important to develop good living habits in life.

Avoid strenuous exercise after meals

Especially if you do strenuous exercise immediately after eating too much, it can easily cause a recurrence of appendicitis! The conservative treatment generally used was intravenous drip for two days to temporarily cure the disease. However, the reason for recurrence many years later was strenuous exercise after a meal. I would like to remind everyone to pay attention!

Avoid cold

On the one hand, be careful not to let your stomach catch cold, and on the other hand, eat less or no cold food. This requires you to keep warm when going out in winter, eat less ice cream and drink less cold drinks in summer, and especially avoid taking cold showers;

Avoid spicy food

All foods that cause gastrointestinal burden should be eaten less, such as onions, ginger, garlic, peppers, etc. It is best to avoid alcohol, eat more fruits and fiber foods to promote smooth bowel movements;

Avoid excessive fatigue?

You should try to avoid overwork in order to avoid recurrence of the disease due to decreased body resistance, especially after appendicitis has just been cured.

Do moderate physical exercise

It does not mean that you have to say goodbye to all physical exercise after having appendicitis. After all, physical exercise can improve your immunity. You can still do less intense sports such as walking and swimming, but it is recommended that you do not participate in intense sports such as playing basketball, playing football, and mountain climbing.

Recurrence time of appendicitis

The interval varies according to gender, age and personal constitution. Once you have had this disease, you should pay special attention to the above points in the future. We also recommend that if it recurs more than twice, you should consider surgical removal of the appendix. If local adhesions are caused by multiple conservative treatments, even if surgery is performed again, the difficulty will increase.

Types of chronic appendicitis

1. Primary chronic appendicitis

It is characterized by insidious onset, slow development of symptoms, and a long course of illness, ranging from several months to several years. There was no history of acute attacks at the beginning of the disease, and no repeated acute attacks during the course of the disease.

(ii) Secondary chronic appendicitis

The characteristic is that after the first acute appendicitis occurs, it is cured by non-surgical treatment or relieved on its own, but there are residual clinical symptoms afterwards, which cannot be cured for a long time, and there may be another or multiple acute attacks during the course of the disease.