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> Or are the antibiotics for dealing with an actual ruptured appendix If your appendix ruptures, it is life threatening and has to come out. Most appendix removals happen before the appendix ruptures. The conclusion of the study is that high doses of antibiotics is an effective way to prevent the appendix from rupturing without surgery.
> The conclusion of the study is that high doses of antibiotics is an effective way to prevent the appendix from rupturing without surgery. I've been through a few million dollar surgeries and I had my appendix out as well. When you get a blocked appendix (appendicitis induced), you create scar tissue from the inevitably distended bile duct. Now you have an increased chance of it occurring again, and a weaker duct (s…
Re: After century of removing appendixes, doctors find antibiotics can be enough
#211No, it's not a medical reality. It's a perception in the American system. Europe currently follows the high dosage antibiotic approach.