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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Common causes of appendicitis include obstructive [[fecaliths]], parasitic or bacterial infections of the appendix, trauma, and [[lymphadenitis]]. | |||
==Common Causes== | ==Causes== | ||
Common | ===Common Causes=== | ||
* Foreign bodies | Common causes of appendicitis include:<ref> Appendicitis. Wikipedia (2016). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appendicitis#Causes Accessed on February 29, 2016</ref> | ||
* Foreign bodies | |||
* [[Trauma]] | * [[Trauma]] | ||
* [[Intestinal worms]] | * [[Intestinal worms]] | ||
* [[Lymphadenitis]] | * [[Lymphadenitis]] | ||
* The occurrence of an obstructing fecalith | * The occurrence of an obstructing [[fecaloma|fecalith]] | ||
** The occurrence of a [[fecalith]] in the appendix seems to be attributed to a right sided fecal retention reservoir in the colon and a prolonged fecal transit time.<ref> Raahave D, Christensen E, Moeller H. Origin of acute appendicitis: Fecal retention in colonic reservoirs: A case control study. Surg Infect 2007;8:55-61 </ref> | |||
* Low dietary fiber intake | |||
** Several studies offer evidence that a low fiber intake is involved in the pathogenesis of appendicitis.<ref> Burkitt DP, Walker ARP, Painter NS. Effect of dietary fibre on stools and transit-times, and its role in the causation of disease. Lancet 1972;300:1408-12 </ref><ref> Adamis D, Roma-Giannikou E, Karamolegou K. Fiber intake and childhood appendicitis. Int J Food Sci Nutr 2000;51:153-7 </ref><ref>[http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/175_01_020701/hugh/hugh.html Hugh TB, Hugh TJ, "Appendicectomy — becoming a rare event?" MJA 2001; 175: 7-8]</ref> | |||
** This link between low fiber intake and appendicitis is in accordance with the occurrence of a right sided fecal reservoir and that dietary fiber reduces fecal transit time.<ref> Gear JSS, Brodribb AJM, Ware A. Fibre and bowel transit times. Br J Nutr 1981;45:77-82 </ref> | |||
* [[Appendicolith]] | |||
* [[Ascariasis]] | |||
* [[Bacteroides]] | |||
* [[Taenia infection]] | |||
==References== | |||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Farwa Haideri [2]
Overview
Common causes of appendicitis include obstructive fecaliths, parasitic or bacterial infections of the appendix, trauma, and lymphadenitis.
Causes
Common Causes
Common causes of appendicitis include:[1]
- Foreign bodies
- Trauma
- Intestinal worms
- Lymphadenitis
- The occurrence of an obstructing fecalith
- Low dietary fiber intake
- Appendicolith
- Ascariasis
- Bacteroides
- Taenia infection
References
- ↑ Appendicitis. Wikipedia (2016). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appendicitis#Causes Accessed on February 29, 2016
- ↑ Raahave D, Christensen E, Moeller H. Origin of acute appendicitis: Fecal retention in colonic reservoirs: A case control study. Surg Infect 2007;8:55-61
- ↑ Burkitt DP, Walker ARP, Painter NS. Effect of dietary fibre on stools and transit-times, and its role in the causation of disease. Lancet 1972;300:1408-12
- ↑ Adamis D, Roma-Giannikou E, Karamolegou K. Fiber intake and childhood appendicitis. Int J Food Sci Nutr 2000;51:153-7
- ↑ Hugh TB, Hugh TJ, "Appendicectomy — becoming a rare event?" MJA 2001; 175: 7-8
- ↑ Gear JSS, Brodribb AJM, Ware A. Fibre and bowel transit times. Br J Nutr 1981;45:77-82