{"id":1612,"date":"2025-05-05T20:45:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T20:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctorantoniogonzalez.com\/?p=1612"},"modified":"2025-05-18T20:52:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T20:52:57","slug":"apendicitis-aguda-sintomas-diagnostico-y-cuando-ir-a-urgencias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doctorantoniogonzalez.com\/en\/apendicitis-aguda-sintomas-diagnostico-y-cuando-ir-a-urgencias\/","title":{"rendered":"Acute appendicitis: symptoms, diagnosis and when to go to the emergency room"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is appendicitis?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Acute appendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix, a small tube-like structure at the beginning of the colon. It is one of the most common surgical emergencies worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a><strong>Common symptoms<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Abdominal pain starting in the central area and moving to the right lower quadrant<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nausea, vomiting and loss of appetite<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Low fever<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tenderness to touch on the right side of the abdomen<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Difficulty walking upright<br><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a><strong>When to go to the emergency room?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If the pain progressively intensifies, is accompanied by vomiting and is located in the lower right side of the abdomen, you should go to hospital immediately. Untreated appendicitis can lead to perforation and peritonitis, a serious complication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a><strong>Diagnosis<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Physical examination (Blumberg's sign, McBurney's sign)<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CBC (leukocytosis)<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abdominal ultrasound or CT scan<br><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a><strong>Treatment<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Appendectomy<\/strong>surgery to remove the appendix.<br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It can be done by <strong>laparoscopy<\/strong>with less postoperative pain and faster recovery.<br><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Appendicitis does not give second chances. 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Si el dolor se intensifica progresivamente, se acompa\u00f1a de v\u00f3mitos y se [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1618,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Apendicitis aguda: s\u00edntomas, diagn\u00f3stico y cu\u00e1ndo ir a urgencias - Doctor Gonz\u00e1lez<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/doctorantoniogonzalez.com\/en\/apendicitis-aguda-sintomas-diagnostico-y-cuando-ir-a-urgencias\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Apendicitis aguda: s\u00edntomas, diagn\u00f3stico y cu\u00e1ndo ir a urgencias - Doctor Gonz\u00e1lez\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00bfQu\u00e9 es la apendicitis? 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