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Appendicitis

February 2024

  • A black boy wearing oxygen mask in hospital bed

    Black children suffer ‘more complications’ after appendicitis surgery

    Racial disparity in a child’s recovery from surgery was not linked to their health history or socioeconomic status, study found

October 2022

  • Arwa Mahdawi

    My wife almost died because I delayed a visit to ER – but there’s a reason I avoid US hospitals

    Arwa Mahdawi
    She woke me in the night with stomach pains, which I dismissed as gas. Her treatment was great, but we are still waiting for the bill and US healthcare can be cruelly expensive, writes Arwa Mahdawi

February 2017

  • Child receiving pill - closeup for antibiotics and children

    Antibiotics, not surgery, could treat appendicitis in children, study suggests

    Appendix removal is the most common emergency surgery in children, but researchers say that antibiotics might offer a less-invasive alternative

July 2013

  • Sir Elton John

    Elton John postpones concerts to undergo surgery

    Singer pulls out of series of shows after being diagnosed with appendicitis and will undergo surgery in next few weeks

March 2012

  • Is the mystery of the appendix close to being unravelled?

    Research suggests the appendix might be used to store beneficial bacteria, writes Robin McKie

August 2011

  • Appendix

    Mapping the body
    Mapping the body: Appendix

    Nobody really knows what the appendix is for. Recently it has been speculated that this little extension of the gut may harbour special, protective bacteria

October 2007

  • At last, we learn: the appendix does have a use

    Ian Sample: Like the male nipple and coccyx, the appendix is often viewed as extraneous evolutionary baggage that never quite got lost on the long-haul journey to modern humanity.

June 2007

  • Exercise caution

    Dr Tom Smith on Antioxidant supplements | Tonsils and appendix

August 2005

  • Wilkinson back in hospital

  • Wilkinson in hospital

December 2002

  • How bad is it?

    Appendicitis.

November 2002

  • Appendicitis deaths due to inexperience

    Fit young people are still dying of appendicitis because doctors sometimes fail to recognise the symptoms, according to an authoritative report into hospital deaths.

December 2001

  • Private medical insurance

    Private medical insurance (PMI) pays for you to have private treatment if you have an acute condition, such as appendicitis, or an acute episode of a chronic condition, such as asthma or diabetes.

October 2000

  • Awake under the knife

    Laura Cook woke up during her appendix operation. Claire Wallerstein, whose mother faced a similar ordeal, reports...

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