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Diseases » Chronic appendicitis » Summary

What is Chronic appendicitis?



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What is Chronic appendicitis?

  • Chronic appendicitis: Recurring inflammation of the appendix.

Chronic appendicitis: Introduction

Types of Chronic appendicitis:

Broader types of Chronic appendicitis:

What causes Chronic appendicitis?

Causes of Chronic appendicitis: see causes of Chronic appendicitis

What are the symptoms of Chronic appendicitis?

Symptoms of Chronic appendicitis: see symptoms of Chronic appendicitis

Chronic appendicitis: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Chronic appendicitis.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Chronic appendicitis.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Chronic appendicitis: see treatments for Chronic appendicitis
Research for Chronic appendicitis: see research for Chronic appendicitis

Society issues for Chronic appendicitis


Hospitalization statistics for Chronic appendicitis: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Chronic appendicitis:

  • 0.035% (4,512) of hospital consultant episodes were for unspecified appendicitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 92% of hospital consultant episodes for unspecified appendicitis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 51% of hospital consultant episodes for unspecified appendicitis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 49% of hospital consultant episodes for unspecified appendicitis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 96% of hospital consultant episodes for unspecified appendicitis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 3.7 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for unspecified appendicitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • more statistics...»

Organs Affected by Chronic appendicitis:

Organs and body systems related to Chronic appendicitis include:

Name and Aliases of Chronic appendicitis

Main name of condition: Chronic appendicitis

Other names or spellings for Chronic appendicitis:

grumbling appendix


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