The sequelae of appendicitis surgery in 18-year-old girls may include infection, intestinal adhesions or appendiceal stump fistula.
1. Infection: appendicitis surgical incision is easily infected by bacteria, viruses and other pathogenic microorganisms, or the sutures are not completely removed to form a foreign body granuloma, resulting in inflammatory reaction, often manifested as poor wound healing, fever, wound pus and inflammation and other symptoms.
2. Intestinal adhesion: postoperative patients do not get out of bed in time, easy to trigger intestinal adhesion, and even intestinal obstruction in severe cases. Clinical manifestations are often nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, defecation stop, abdominal mass and blood in stool.
3. appendiceal stump fistula: appendicitis surgery, due to strenuous exercise and other reasons lead to the appendix and appendix connection clip off, may cause appendiceal stump fistula, leading to fecal leakage from the fistula, causing abdominal infection.
If the 18-year-old girl appendiceal surgery after fever and other uncomfortable symptoms, should promptly go to the hospital, to clarify the specific cause, follow the doctor’s advice to give treatment.