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what would happend if your appendix burst?

(serious answers please)

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  • 1 decade ago
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    The most serious complication of appendicitis is rupture. The appendix bursts or tears if appendicitis is not diagnosed quickly and goes untreated. Infants, young children, and older adults are at highest risk. A ruptured appendix can lead to peritonitis and abscess. Peritonitis is a dangerous infection that happens when bacteria and other contents of the torn appendix leak into the abdomen. In people with appendicitis, an abscess usually takes the form of a swollen mass filled with fluid and bacteria. In a few patients, complications of appendicitis can lead to organ failure and death.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    For starters the appendix is on the main marvelous area no longer the left. If it has burst there'll be stabbing discomfort interior the main marvelous area, vomiting, diarrhea and in some situations a extreme temp. If it happens the suited situation to do is call 000 or 911 (reckoning on the place you're)

  • 1 decade ago

    Mine did, in the waiting room for the ER.

    You would be in debilitating pain, radiating from the lower right abdomen, into the back - and that's just the apendicitis part. High fever, and nausea. Once it burts, you would have sharp pain added on, and be nearly unable to move. You would then begin to go septic, and without medical attention, you would then die.

    In th ER, you'll go right to surgery if they think it burst, ortherwise, first to a CT to confirm. They will remove the appendix, and if it did burst, they'll need to clean you innards up a bit, and install shunts to drain it for the next week or so.

    If you are able to concentrate and type, your probably hasn't burst.

  • 1 decade ago

    you would die. my appendix ruptured but i had emergency surgery and mine wasnt severe, but if you let it go, like my dad did, he was in the hospital for like a month.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    you might die from it if it burst inside

  • 1 decade ago

    You can die from it. Should get taken care of if persistant problem.

  • 1 decade ago

    You could die. I had to have mine taken out. I almost died. It really really sucked!

  • J.D.L.
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    You will die if you don't get to the hospital fast.

  • 1 decade ago

    You would die if you don't see the docter.

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