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By A. C. TERKENCE, M. 11. a
Opelousus, La. 1
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"Doctor, this is Mrs. Barker," \
said ail anxious voice on my telephone
several weeks ago. "My t
son George has a bad stomach- (
ache, and he seems to have a ?
lever. Should I give him some 1
medicine?" . I
"Put him right to bed and c
don't give him anything," I an- i
swered. "I'll be right over." i
When 1 got there. 11-year-old 1
George, looking miserable, said I
he felt sick at his stomach. When t
1 asked him where he hurt, he s
pointed the lower right side of t
his abdomen, saying the pain had
started higher up and then gone i
down. 1
I immediately suspected ap- l
pendicitis .and after making a a
few tests I was sure. I told Mrs. a
Barker that George would have
to go to the hospital and have a
his appendix out. He looked a
alarmed at this news, but I ex- ?
plained that taking an appendix (
out is not a dangerous operation 1
if it is done at the right time. As i
a matter of fact, it is one of the <
most common operations of all. >t
Today George,/rid of his trou- i
blesome appendix and getting j
over the effects of his operation, i
was in my office proudly show- i
ing me his scar. He told me that 1
his seven-year-old brother Bob- ?
by, anxious to imitate his big 1
brother in every way, was clamoring
to have his appendix taken
out too!
George is an intelligent, wideawake
youngster, and he was
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ull of questions about his apicndix,
questions 1 was glad to
mswrer. First he asked, "What
s an appendix, anyway? Will 1
uiss it? Can 1 get along all right
vithout it?"
I said that, as far as we know,
he appendix is useless. I drew
ieorge a picture of a worniihaped
organ about four inches
ong, and explained that this was
he approximate size and shape
>f his appendix. (Some are an
nch or so longer, some an inch
>r so shorter.) 1 told George
hat the appendix is attached at
[he beginning of the large intesines.
He was amazed that such a
miall organ could cause so much
[rouble.
"But since it didn't do me any
;ood, but gave me an awful pain,
'm glad to be rid of it," he comaeuted.
Then he asked, "But
,vhy did my appendix hurt? What
.vas the matter with it?"
I said that the inflammation
vhich gave George so much pain
,vas probably started when for>ign
matter, entering his appeulix
from the large intestine,
blocked up the appendix. I exilained
that this blockage workid
like the dams George likes
.o build in the brook, it kept his
ippendix from draining, and injured
its walls. Once the walls
,vere injured, germs could get in
ind set up an infection. The iniection
caused the pain, the nausea
and the fever George had
,vhen his mother called me.
I told George I was glad his
nother hadn't given him a laxa:ive
or an enema for his "stomichache."
The laxative or enema
vould have increased the presiure
already caused by the 'dam'
n George's appendix, and might
lave caused the appendix to
>urst, spreading the infection all
iround. This is a serious condiion
called peritonitis, which enlangers
life.
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"Weil, I'm glad mother called
you right away," George said.
"You know, I felt so sick that
morning I didn't eat any brer
fast."
"As a matter of fact, it's a
good thing you didn't eat any
breakfast," I answered. "Anyone
who has abdominal pain and
feels sick at his stomach should
not take any food or drink. Neither
should he use an ice bag or
hot water bottle. You see, they
might make matters worse. Another
thing?no one who thinks
he has appendicitis should rub
or massage his abdomen and he
should avoid any exertion. That,
is why I told your mother to put
you right to bed w h e 11 she
phoned that day."
George suddenly smiled broadly
and said he was anxious to
get back to school, so he could
tell all the boys and girls about
his operation. He said he was
going to tell them all the things
he'd learned about appendicitis.
"Well, if you do," I said, "be
sure to warn them not to try"
any home remedies if they think
they have appendicitis. There
are only two things to do when
anyone you know has abdominal
pain and nauseau," I reminded
George, "get him to lie down
quietly and have the doctor called."
If a person with acute appen
(Ileitis is under a doctor's care
within a few hours of the time
the pain starts, he has little to
worry about. It is the people who
delay calling the doctor, and
who meanwhile experiment with
home remedies, who endanger
their lives. *
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