How much can you lie in a hospital after removal of appendicitis?

All patients after appendectomy are interested in the answer to the question: how many are in the hospital after the appendicitis removal procedure?

Basically, the doctor himself determines how much the patient should be kept in the hospital, according to his state of health.

Most often, if there are no complications after the operation, then the prognosis is quite favorable, and a full recovery takes about a month.

Causes and symptoms of appendicitis

Appendicitis occurs due to several reasons:

• infection of any pathogens of typhoid, tuberculosis, etc., leads to the development of acute inflammation...Various diseases of the endocrine system and vascular disorders can also provoke appendicitis;
• formation of adhesions, scars and other mechanical injuries, as well as kinking of the appendix causes obstruction.

It should be noted that in women, an acute attack of appendicitis is more common than in men.

This is due to the fact that due to the proximity of the gastro-intestinal tract to the organs of the urogenital system, each month the risk of attack is increased due to the increased mucous, which adversely affects the appendix wall.

Inflammation of the appendix can provoke any disease of the genitourinary system. The likelihood of an acute attack increases during pregnancy, when the uterus increases and disrupts the blood supply of other organs.

Symptoms of the disease

Inflammation of the appendix rarely passes completely asymptomatic.

The most common symptoms of appendicitis are:

• pain. At the initial stage of occurrence of inflammatory pain is dull and oppressive nature, it may be concentrated in the right side of the abdomen, and give to the left side or be localized in the navel area. After the development of inflammation, the pain syndrome spreads to the entire abdomen. Attacks of appendicitis can be either permanent or spasmodic. A notable feature of painful sensations in appendicitis is their enhancement with a strong laugh or cough;
• vomiting and nausea. Vomiting often occurs several times during the attack, while nausea can accompany the disease all the time. After frequent vomiting, symptoms of dehydration appear;
• inflammation of the appendix during pregnancy can accompany severe shortness of breath;
• because of an active inflammatory process, the symptoms of appendicitis always include a rise in body temperature. The normal temperature for an attack is 38 degrees;
• at palpation of a stomach the tension of walls of an abdominal cavity is felt... However, this symptom is not reliable if the attack happened in a pregnant woman, so to stomach hardness in this case is considered to be a sign of uterine tone;
• decreased appetite is largely found in women mainly as a consequence of pain after eating;
• general weakness of the body.

In general, the symptoms of acute appendicitis are more pronounced closer to the night time of the day.

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Chronic appendicitis is manifested by symptoms:

• severe pain in the right abdomen, which makes it difficult to move. Pain syndrome often manifests itself in the night or in the morning and can have a different character. A patient with chronic appendicitis is difficult to lie on his left side because of severe painful sensations;
• often there are some disorders of the intestine, especially constipation. To this category can include frequent urination, which is often accompanied by pain;
• for palpation of the abdomen, you can easily find a densified appendix;
• appearance of a plaque of white on the tongue mucosa;
• tachycardia.

If you have severe painful symptoms, you should immediately go to the ambulance for surgery.

Timely address to the doctor will ensure successful operation, as well as give a minimum answer to the question of how many are in hospital with appendicitis.

Recovery after surgery

After the removal of the appendix, it is necessary to stay in the hospital for some period of time so that the doctor is convinced of the absence of complications after appendectomy.

Most often this period implies no more than 10 to 12 days, usually the patient is kept in the hospital for 7 to 9 days.

If, for some reason, a longer hospital stay is required after surgery, the doctor can extend this period to 30 days.

The number of days that doctors keep a patient in the hospital is explained by the fact that sometimes at home conditions after an operation there is uneven fusion of the tissues, due to such reasons:

• the patient does not follow the recommended diet after the operation;
• refusal to wear a special bandage;
• lifting of heavy things or too active physical activity within a month after the operation;
• development of internal inflammation;
• the muscular skeleton of the abdominal cavity is significantly weakened after the operation.

The operation of removing the appendix is ​​carried out quite often and does not present much complexity. After a similar operation, a small seam, about 3 cm in length, is usually removed after 10 to 12 days.

The internal suture heals several months after the operation.

After the removal of the appendix, the patient must follow all the doctor's recommendations, in particular, the correction of food in accordance with certain rules.

Already after a few hours after the operation, you can do simple physical exercises that will avoid hypodynamia and the appearance of adhesions.

From the second day you can walk for a short time in the ward.

Nutrition after operation

During the first week after the operation, doctors recommend eating only semi-viscous porridges on water without oil, light vegetable or chicken broths.

By the end of the week, you can add to the diet casseroles of low-fat cottage cheese as a dessert.

The first month after the operation, you can not eat such products:

• too salty or spicy dishes, they increase irritation of the mucosa;
• rich or fatty soups, borsch and soup;
• fatty or fatty meat, after the first week you can eat chicken without skin;
• fatty cottage cheese, cheese, milk, kefir, etc.;
• buns;
• canned or marinated products.

The first month after the operation, it is advisable to eat in small fractions, in small portions 5 times a day.

It is recommended to exclude from the diet products that significantly affect the acidity, containing a large amount of carbohydrates, sugar, salt or fiber.

Also superfluous in the menu of recently transferred operation of the person there will be dishes which provoke strengthening of fermenting processes in a stomach and increase gazoobrazovanija intestines.

After the operation, the food should be consumed in a warm form, because too cold or hot dishes can adversely affect the condition of the digestive system.

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Do not forget about the daily intake of proteins, fats and carbohydrates, as well as useful vitamins and microorganisms - they are important for the proper functioning of the body and good metabolic processes.

In general, compliance with the right diet, the performance of therapeutic exercises and following all the recommendations of the surgeon accompany the prompt recovery after surgery and rapid healing of external and internal sutures.

The period of the hospital after the operation will completely depend on how timely the inflammation was diagnosed and the operation was performed, therefore, when the first symptoms of the disease appear, you should immediately consult a doctor.