Common examination items for appendicitis include physical examination, blood routine, abdominal X-ray, abdominal ultrasound and other items.
Appendicitis examination program is first of all physical examination, mainly in the right lower abdomen with pressure pain and rebound pain, combined with the process of the onset of the disease, usually can be judged according to this physical examination, and then do the following tests.
Need to do blood routine, mainly to look at the white blood cells and neutrophils, normal adult white blood cells (4 ~ 10) × 10^9 / L, neutrophils 50% ~ 70%, most of the patients with mild appendicitis or chronic appendicitis white blood cell counts and the proportion of neutrophils will be increased, you can do through the blood routine to appendicitis as an aid to diagnosis.
Abdominal X-ray examination is also helpful in the diagnosis of appendicitis, which can be manifested as reflective intestinal lumen accumulation of gas and fluid at the end of the ileum, striated gas shadow in the appendix area, appendiceal stones can be found in some patients, and some patients can manifest intestinal dilatation with obvious accumulation of gas and fluid after appendiceal perforation.
In addition, abdominal ultrasound examination can be found in acute appendicitis appendix is hyperechoic tubular structure, the pressure of the shape does not change, rigid, transverse section was concentric circles like target-like structure image, and this feature as the ultrasound diagnostic criteria for acute appendicitis.
Appendicitis to check the items in addition to the above common items, but also according to the patient’s specific situation to supplement or reduce, need to patients timely consultation, the doctor for evaluation, according to the doctor’s recommendations to do the appropriate test items.