DEAR DOCTOR K: Why do doctors remove the appendix when someone has appendicitis? Don’t we need this organ? DEAR READER: Appendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix. This small, fingerlike tube ...
A. Most people never think about their appendix – until it's causing them severe pain. The appendix is a small, finger-shaped pouch attached to the start of the large intestine on the lower right side ...
Dear Doctors: I had a pain on the right side of my abdomen. A CT scan found a perforated appendix with an abscess. I was treated with IV antibiotics, and now I am feeling fine. Do I need to have my ...
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A woman recounted her frustrating experience being dismissed by doctors after she went to the emergency room with what appeared to be appendicitis. Amanda Buschelman, 42, from Cincinnati, Ohio, shared ...
WEBVTT BECOMES BLOCKED, OFTEN BY STOOL, A FOREIGN BODY, OR CANCER. IT CAN HAVE SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS IF LEFT UNTREATED. IN TONIGHT WOMAN’S DOCTOR 11-NEWS REPORTER MEGAN PRINGLE TELLS US WHY IT’S MORE ...
WEBVTT THEO: 9:10 IS THE TIME. IN THIS MORNING'S WOMAN'S DOCTOR, ONE IN 20 PEOPLE IN THE U.S. WILL GET APPENDICITIS. IT HAPPENS WHEN THE APPENDIX BECOMES BLOCKED AND IT CAN HAVE SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS ...
A doctor told Amanda Buschelman she had ovarian cysts. He didn't believe her when she said she had no ovaries. Buschelman experienced an "excruciating" pain for 3 weeks that stumped 2 ER doctors and a ...
She must have had a gut feeling. A woman was shocked to discover her appendix went “missing” — and it left doctors scratching their heads. Jeri and Ciara, hosts of the “Ladies and Tangents” podcast, ...
Cancers in younger adults are surging. Colon cancer, once a midlife disease, is striking earlier than ever. Breast and kidney cancers are also climbing in people under 50. Now, a new study reveals ...
Dear Doctors: I had a pain on the right side of my abdomen. A CT scan found a perforated appendix with an abscess. I was treated with IV antibiotics, and now I am feeling fine. Do I need to have my ...