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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