Appendicitis occurs when your appendix becomes inflamed, likely due to a blockage. It can cause symptoms like cramping or intense abdominal pain. Treatment typically involves antibiotics followed by ...

Filmmaker Kiran Rao recently underwent appendix surgery and is recovering well. Her experience has renewed focus on ...

Chronic appendicitis is a rare medical condition. It can be difficult to diagnose because the symptoms may come and go, and they can also be mild. The most common symptom is abdominal pain. The likely ...

Acute appendicitis is the sudden and severe inflammation of the appendix. It can cause pain in the abdomen, and this pain may occur quickly and worsen within hours. The appendix is a narrow tube that ...

Appendectomy, a surgical procedure to remove the appendix, is the standard treatment for appendicitis. But antibiotics are often used in conjunction with an appendectomy and sometimes instead of the ...

Stomach issues can be serious. Appendicitis can mimic food poisoning. But it needs quick treatment. Pain differs. Appendicitis pain is sharp and focused. Food poisoning pain is widespread.

Appendicitis is a disease caused by a blockage or inflammation in the appendix organ. If left untreated, the appendix can rupture inside of a person's body and be life-threatening. Severe pain in the ...

Filmmaker Kiran Rao underwent successful appendix surgery just before 2026 at Mumbai's Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital.

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Appendicitis develops when your appendix — a small pouch attached to your large intestine — becomes inflamed. The most obvious sign of appendicitis is a sharp pain in your abdomen, but the symptom can ...

A young child being treated for appendicitis actually had a rare, deadly parasite living in her abdomen. The 10-year-old girl had been living in Switzerland for six months after migrating from Eritrea ...