How to determine appendicitis in a child?

Inflammation of the appendix, or appendicitis, can occur in any person. Sex and age here do not matter, because this body at birth is everyone. This disease refers to those in which assistance to the baby should be provided immediately, therefore, how to determine appendicitis in a child, you need to know all the moms and dads.

How does appendicitis develop in infants?

To very small children who do not know how to speak, it is difficult to name the reason of crying, after all it is the very first sign of this disease. In addition to it, help to recognize appendicitis in an infant can both vomit and diarrhea, and refusal to eat. With palpation of the tummy, crying and screaming will intensify, and the legs of the crumb will be pressed to the navel. In addition, a very important symptom is the temperature. It rises quickly in an infant and can reach 39-40 degrees per hour.

How to diagnose appendicitis in an older child?

Pain in the abdomen occurs for various reasons, and appendicitis is not an exception. However, in addition to severe discomfort in the abdominal region, the baby has symptomatology, which makes it clear that the child, both a one-year-old and older, has appendicitis:

• suddenly there is vomiting and indigestion;
• loss of appetite;
• with palpation of the abdomen and squats, the pain intensifies;
• the child can feel a strong dryness in the mouth;
• body temperature rises to 37.5, but in some cases it may be absent.

It should be noted that acute pain throughout the abdomen lasts about 12 hours, after which it changes its character and becomes dull. In addition, its localization is changing: now it will disturb the crumb at the bottom right.

How to check appendicitis in a child?

The main method of diagnosing this disease is palpation. To understand how the stomach hurts with appendicitis in children is quite difficult, but to reveal the place of the most severe localization of discomfort, and, therefore, to suspect a disease, it is possible. To do this, gently, with four fingers (except for the large one) connected together, press down on the area below the navel on the right side, then into the epigastric region (the upper abdomen, midway between the costal arches), and further to the left below the navel. If the crumb develops appendicitis, the pain that it will experience when palpating the right side of the tummy, almost always, will be stronger than all other areas.

In conclusion, I want to note that any strong discomfort in the abdomen, especially if it is accompanied by vomiting, diarrhea and fever, should cause concern among parents. Identify appendicitis in a child will help both the above symptoms, and palpation. With the slightest suspicion of this disease, call an ambulance, because Appendicitis is not the disease with which people joke.