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Overview

Common causes of appendicitis include obstructive fecaliths, parasitic or bacterial infections of the appendix, trauma, and lymphadenitis.

Common causes of appendicitis include:^[1]

Foreign bodies
Trauma
Intestinal worms
Lymphadenitis
The occurrence of an obstructing 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.^[2]
Low dietary fiber intake
- Several studies offer evidence that a low fiber intake is involved in the pathogenesis of appendicitis.^[3]^[4]^[5]
- 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.^[6]
Appendicolith
Ascariasis
Bacteroides
Taenia infection

↑ 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