Appendicitis: Pain at the heart of your gut
By SOLA OGUNDIPE
The first time Olu, a 23-year-old undergraduate male noticed he was becoming pale, he thought nothing of it, until he was not able to make himself better. The paleness turned to jaundice. His bilirubin level was 29 (normal is two). He had intolerable upper abdominal pain once or twice a month. His father took him to a doctor who dismissed it as gastritis.
But after a month, the pain became worse. “We went to a renowned doctor’s clinic. A video x-ray indicated that I had significant stones in my gallbladder. The doctor said I needed to have my gallbladder removed. He gave me a week, but that night, the pain increased. Olu could not sleep. “I was too weak to stand. My stomach was tender, swollen, with no bowel activity. I cannot describe the pain, except, if a gunshot in the head, the bullet in your body, is as bad as it gets, this is worse than that.”
Olu was screaming with pain. Unable to get in a comfortable position, he crawled all over the floor, sweating profusely. He could not breathe.
Hearing his screams, his family rushed to his room. They were shocked, seeing him twisted in pain. Barely able to speak, he cried, “take me to the hospital.” No one ever imagined these were symptoms of such a dreadful disease, but is some acute pain and would subside with a simple Cholecystectomy.
At the emergency room, the physician examined him and was given injections to decrease the pain. The pain was so severe that Olu did not get any initial relief. Finally, after five ‘adult’ dosages, the pain subsided enough that the doctor could do further tests, x-rays, and blood work. The doctor suspected appendicitis. He was to be proved right later.
“When I woke up, I realised I was in the hospital and had a naso-gastric tube going through my nose and into my stomach. I was still in pain, but it was not as severe as the night before. That morning the doctors came in to see me, did an examination, and then scheduled me for immediate surgery. What followed next happened so fast, it is a blur. The staff prepped me for surgery, shaved my abdomen, and wheeled me to the theatre.
Olu had an appendectomy (removal of the appendix) and few days later, returned home and has been fine ever since.
Olu is one of the several thousands whose appendices get inflamed and require removal. Basically, the appendix is a closed-ended, narrow tube up to several inches in length that attaches to the cecum (the first part of the colon) like a worm. Appendicitis means inflammation of the appendix. It is thought that appendicitis begins when the opening from the appendix into the cecum becomes blocked.
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