Modern people are not afraid of acute appendicitis. If you have acute appendicitis, remove the inflamed appendix and rest for two or three weeks, and the patient will be as healthy as ever. However, the fact is not exactly what people usually think. When doctors operated on some patients with acute appendicitis, they found that their appendix was gangrenous and perforated, and there was a lot of pus in the abdominal cavity.

Who is prone to perforated appendix? Although the elderly and children are less likely to suffer from acute appendicitis, they are more prone to perforation after suffering from acute appendicitis. The elderly have low reactivity and mild symptoms after acute appendicitis. In addition, the elderly often have some chronic diseases and often get used to some discomfort until the symptoms are serious. At this time, appendicitis has been perforated. Children often can't explain their discomfort after suffering from acute appendicitis, and the symptoms of acute appendicitis in children are often atypical, such as fever, vomiting or diarrhea, and doctors often can't cooperate in the examination. Therefore, it is very difficult for children, especially infants, to diagnose acute appendicitis, which is also the main reason why children are prone to perforation. In addition, pregnant women, especially those suffering from acute appendicitis in the third trimester of pregnancy, are prone to perforation due to congestion of pelvic organs, leading to rapid development of inflammation.

The appendix usually takes about 24 hours from inflammation to perforation. However, after the onset of acute appendicitis in some patients, the lesion develops very rapidly, and the appendix has been perforated within 24 hours after symptoms appear. Therefore, the importance of early treatment, early diagnosis and timely operation should be emphasized for acute appendicitis. In short, after acute appendicitis, we should be alert to the serious consequences of perforation and peritonitis. Acute appendicitis is by no means a minor illness that can be taken lightly. Early treatment, early diagnosis and timely operation are the main means to prevent and treat acute appendicitis perforation.