Appendicitis symptoms start with belly pain that moves and intensifies in your lower right side. Without surgery, perforated appendicitis can lead to serious complications like peritonitis or sepsis.

Good news for doctors looking to cut appendectomies out of their schedules. A new study — conducted by Swedish researchers from the Karolinska Institute and published Wednesday in JAMA Surgery — found ...

My 5-year-old was complaining of stomach pain, and I was worried and had questions. I asked her how bad the pain was and where it hurt and whether it was getting worse. Being a kindergartner, she ...

Severe appendicitis is sometimes dismissed as mere period pain. But ignoring it can result in serious consequences. Dr Sood ...

Appendicitis is a condition in which the appendix, a finger-shaped pouch that opens into the large intestine, becomes swollen and filled with pus. Appendicitis can be caused by a bacterial infection ...

Appendicitis. Illustration of a human appendix, showing it red and inflamed in appendicitis. The appendix is a narrow finger-shaped tube that branches off the first part of the large intestine (caecum ...

When your child is in pain, the stress might be too much to stomach. It might be that they ate something that doesn’t agree with them — or it could be something more serious like appendicitis. Since ...

Kiran Rao, the renowned film director of ‘Laapataa Ladies’, recently found herself dealing with a medical issue at the start ...