https://padlet.com/morganchu1/fvlegjyvgeweufx1 en-us 2023-03-12 22:18:02 UTC 2023-05-04 15:07:41 UTC hello@padlet.com morganchu1 https://padlet.com/morganchu1/fvlegjyvgeweufx1/wish/2518762918 Common name: Acute Appendicitis
Most common infectious agent: Escherichia coli]]> 2023-03-16 03:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/morganchu1/fvlegjyvgeweufx1/wish/2518762918 morganchu1 https://padlet.com/morganchu1/fvlegjyvgeweufx1/wish/2525993639 There is a possibility that the first recording of appendicitis occurred in Greece and was recorded by Aretaeus the Cappadocean in 30 AD. But it is more known that the first appendectomy or removal of the appendix was performed by Claudius Amyand in 1735, appendicitis was first described by John Parkinson in 1812 and first diagnosed in 1880 by Robert Lawson Tait. All three of these events occurred in the United Kingdom. 

It was and still is unknown what exactly causes appendicitis, but it may be virus, bacteria, parasites, and other blockages like tumors or stools. 

Appendicitis is an infectious disease meaning that it is a disease that is caused by another organism which can be a virus, bacteria, or parasite (in appendicitis, this infectious organism is most commonly E. coli or Escherichia coli).]]> 2023-03-21 19:42:29 UTC https://padlet.com/morganchu1/fvlegjyvgeweufx1/wish/2525993639 morganchu1 https://padlet.com/morganchu1/fvlegjyvgeweufx1/wish/2525997724 -https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23231389/
- https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/appendicitis#:~:text=Appendicitis%20may%20be%20caused%20by,then%20becomes%20sore%20and%20swollen.
- https://columbiasurgery.org/news/2015/06/04/history-medicine-mysterious-appendix
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20391748/#:~:text=In%201880%20Robert%20Lawson%20Tait,named%20the%20procedure%20an%20appendectomy.
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2239906/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8649565/
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- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11883363/
- https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/14/2/333/711974
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https://journals.lww.com/annalsofsurgery/fulltext/2017/08000/the_global_incidence_of_appendicitis__a_systematic.8.aspx


]]> 2023-03-21 19:46:09 UTC https://padlet.com/morganchu1/fvlegjyvgeweufx1/wish/2525997724 morganchu1 https://padlet.com/morganchu1/fvlegjyvgeweufx1/wish/2541252707 Acute appendicitis doesn't exactly have a certain timestamp in terms of spread. However, the incidence of appendicitis particularly spread in Western countries in the beginning before spreading all over the world. 

Acute appendicitis has gradually increased in spread throughout the 1900's and has escalated in the 21st century, especially in industrialized countries. 

It is estimated that 250,000 people get each year appendicitis just in the United States. 


]]> 2023-04-02 17:30:04 UTC https://padlet.com/morganchu1/fvlegjyvgeweufx1/wish/2541252707 morganchu1 https://padlet.com/morganchu1/fvlegjyvgeweufx1/wish/2548152979 Virulence is the ability of which a microorganism can cause damage to its host. Acute appendicitis is highly virulent and should always be treated since the appendix could burst from this disease and cause serious infection. It seems that acute appendicitis' virulence has not changed and that the treatment has always been antibiotics and removal of the appendix. ]]> 2023-04-09 22:39:17 UTC https://padlet.com/morganchu1/fvlegjyvgeweufx1/wish/2548152979 morganchu1 https://padlet.com/morganchu1/fvlegjyvgeweufx1/wish/2555498705 The disease was handled relatively well by the healthcare community since there was never a pandemic or epidemic of acute appendicitis. 

Commonly, an appendectomy or removal of the appendix has been performed, but since the 1940's and 1950's, antibiotics have also been used as treatment. Around 70% of patients have been able to recover fully with antibiotics rather than surgery in 5 recent European studies.

For diagnosis of acute appendicitis, ultrasonography and CT have been very useful. It helps ensure the diagnosis other than the patient's initial symptoms of lower right abdominal pain.]]> 2023-04-15 22:58:30 UTC https://padlet.com/morganchu1/fvlegjyvgeweufx1/wish/2555498705 morganchu1 https://padlet.com/morganchu1/fvlegjyvgeweufx1/wish/2557806928 Unlike many other diseases, acute appendicitis didn't have a major outbreak. Because of this, leadership never had to make decisions regarding acute appendicitis or its spread. The major treatment for acute appendicitis, which is an appendectomy has also existed since 1735, so leadership never had to allocate resources to prioritize creating a new treatment for this disease. ]]> 2023-04-18 01:43:45 UTC https://padlet.com/morganchu1/fvlegjyvgeweufx1/wish/2557806928 morganchu1 https://padlet.com/morganchu1/fvlegjyvgeweufx1/wish/2566387037 As with leadership response, acute appendicitis never had much of a societal or sociological impact as acute appendicitis never had a major outbreak and has an unknown cause (note, there are factors that are known like E. coli, just not a singular known cause). So, no societal behaviors changed in effect to acute appendicitis. However, there had previously been evidence that acute appendicitis had linkage to social class. This theory has since been disproven and acute appendicitis may now be used as a control group in epidemiological studies. ]]> 2023-04-25 00:05:35 UTC https://padlet.com/morganchu1/fvlegjyvgeweufx1/wish/2566387037 morganchu1 https://padlet.com/morganchu1/fvlegjyvgeweufx1/wish/2578431800 Something that my disease revealed to me was that it was not too researched about. We don't know a definitive cause for acute appendicitis but do have treatments, which I found really interesting. The most surprising thing that I learned about my disease was that it wasn't a disease that really spread like Covid-19 did despite it having various possible infectious organisms. I think the different treatments and relatedness to other age group of my disease could've been included in my Padlet assignment. ]]> 2023-05-04 15:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/morganchu1/fvlegjyvgeweufx1/wish/2578431800