Does chronic appendicitis require surgery?

If chronic appendicitis occurs in the body, the common treatment method is surgery, because it can directly cure it. If the condition is very mild, you can ask your doctor if you can take medication to reduce the pain.

1. Appendicitis is a very common disease in life. There are many causes of appendicitis. Most of them are closely related to the patient's unhealthy eating habits and stimulation from tobacco and alcohol. Paying more attention to diet can effectively prevent recurrence of chronic appendicitis.

2. If chronic appendicitis is not effectively controlled and treated for a long time, it will turn into acute appendicitis or habitual appendicitis, which will have a great impact on normal work and life. Currently, the simplest and most effective treatment for chronic appendicitis is surgical treatment, which can avoid recurrence.

3. In this case, it is best to go to the hospital for a check-up first and receive timely treatment after the diagnosis is confirmed. If the symptoms are not serious, you can take medication for a period of time. If the effect of medication is not obvious, you can only surgically remove the diseased appendix to achieve the goal of complete cure. At the same time, you should also maintain good eating habits.

4. Surgery is the best treatment for acute appendicitis. It is not a major operation and can usually be completed in an hour. However, you need to pay attention to the follow-up care. You are not allowed to eat right after the operation. If you are really hungry, you have to endure it. It is okay to drink some water.

5. After surgery for acute appendicitis, you should check the condition of the wound in time and ask the doctor to pay more attention to it in time. Do not get it wet and do not always touch the wound with your hands. It will definitely hurt, but you have to bear with it. It will heal in a few days. Do not let the wound become inflamed. If it becomes inflamed, you must take anti-inflammatory treatment in time.

Precautions

Generally, the acute appendicitis surgery will heal almost completely in three days. Don’t worry too much about the pain of the wound. How can it not hurt to have a wound on your body? Generally, it will be fine after three days. You should do some proper exercise. It will not be good for your recovery and will be detrimental to the wound healing if you always do this.

Pay attention to healthy diet, don't eat too much spicy food, raw, cold, hard, fried and greasy food, drink more warm water and eat light food, and don't smoke or drink excessively.