THEi-appendicitis isifo esivamile. Nakuba ngokuvamile kwenzeka phakathi kweminyaka eyi-10 nengama-30, kungenzeka kunoma iyiphi iminyaka. Iningi labantu lilulama ngokushesha futhi ngokuphelele ngemuva kokwelashwa kwabo kokuhlinzwa. Kodwa-ke, ukuxilongwa okubambezelekile kungaholela kwisithasiselo esiphukile kanye ne-peritonitis, okwandisa kakhulu ubungozi bezinkinga futhi kuthinte ubude bokwelashwa nokubuyiselwa.

Ingozi yokufa ayiphakeme kakhulu kulezi zinsuku. Kodwa-ke, bahlala bekhona ezimweni ezinzima nakubantu abanezinkinga eziningana zempilo.

Ukuxilongwa kungenziwa ngesikhathi sokubonisana nodokotela, kepha ukuhlolwa kwe-x-ray kuyanda ukwenza kube lula. Ukwelashwa kokuhlinzwa kwe-i-appendicitis yenziwa ngokwengeziwe nge-laparoscopically, yize indlela yakudala ifanelekile. Inkinga ejwayelekile kakhulu ye-appendicitis ukutheleleka kwesiza sokuhlinzwa. Ukwelashwa kwayo imvamisa akudingi ukuhlinzwa okwengeziwe.

Kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuthi ukuxilongwa kusenesikhathi kungagwema izinkinga eziningi nokuthi ukubonisana nodokotela uma ungabaza kuyinto efanele ukwenziwa.

D^r Mathieu Bélanger, udokotela ohlinzayo