The pain first hit when I was a teenager: an unrelenting grinding in my lower abdomen, as if my internal gears were gummed up. A fleeting thought crossed my mind - could it be my appendix? - but I ...

The pain first hit when I was a teenager: an unrelenting grinding in my lower abdomen, as if my internal gears were gummed up. A fleeting thought crossed my mind – could it be my appendix? – but I ...

Two recent conundrums featured in this column have prompted so much interest as to merit a further round-up of useful observations from readers. The first concerns the 12-year-old boy with diabetes ...

The pain first hit when I was a teenager: an unrelenting grinding in my lower abdomen, as if my internal gears were gummed up. A fleeting thought crossed my mind - could it be my appendix? - but I ...

One in ten of us will suffer from appendicitis, in which the appendix, part of the gut, becomes dangerously inflamed. Research this week shows that outbreaks occur in clusters - leading to the idea ...

Thank you for your advise. I took my son to the dr. She examined him and said that although his pain is right where appendix concern is, he does not have a fever and he is still eating which is not ...