Appendicitis

The appendicitis is a very small and narrow tube hanging from the cecum. Cecum is the first part of the colon. The appendicitis has a small opening below the ileocecal valve. Liquid waste flows through this valve into the cecum. This opening has to be purged free daily. For otherwise you run the risk of the waste getting accumulated and dried up in this small passage thereby obstructing it. The condition of appendicitis occurs when it becomes inflamed with waste clogging its channel opening. Appendicitis is more common in western countries than in developing ones. This is, according to a study, due to the toilet postures respectively. The squat posture reduces the risk of appendicitis very much. The worst symptom of appendicitis is a horrible stomach pain that is almost unbearable. This happens in the advanced stage by which time treatment is given by removing the organ surgically. But recent studies are against this practice as it increases the risk of certain diseases connected to the digestive or the intestinal track of the body. There are alternate treatments that are very effective such as purging the clogged passage by giving enema and relieving the pain to a great extent.