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Gastointestinal conditions

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Gastrointestinal conditions resembling acute appendicitis include:

  • mesenteric adenitis
    • pain is less severe and is localised above and medial to McBurney's points
    • often in children
    • history of respiratory tract infection
    • usually pyrexial - more than 38.5 deg.C

  • acute regional ileitis:
    • diarrhoea is a common association, but may occur with appendicitis where it is usually early in the course of the illness and transient
    • may be caused by Yersinia or Campylobacter
    • gastroenteritis not confined to the ileum usually is characterised by generalised pain and tenderness

  • constipation:
    • characterised by colicky abdominal pain and iliac tenderness
    • the history is often longer than 3 days
    • there are no symptoms or signs of infection and rectum is loaded with faeces

  • volvulus or intussusception

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