The standard treatment for appendicitis is an appendectomy, but if doctors don't remove the appendix in time, the organ may rupture, or burst, allowing its contents to leak into the rest of the abdomen and potentially cause life-threatening illness. read more
Not good. I don't recommend it. However, my story is a bit unique. My appendix ruptured asympotmatically- or in other words without pain. Probably four or five days before I actually ended up at the hospital according to the surgeon. I was at Stanford hospital. read more
If your appendix has burst, doctors will perform surgery to remove it. However, if it burst a while before you sought help, there’s a chance that it could have formed an abscess in your abdomen, making it difficult or dangerous for doctors to perform surgery. In that case, they may treat it with antibiotics and remove your appendix at a later time. read more