The difference between appendicitis and gastroenteritis

Both gastroenteritis and appendicitis are common diseases in daily life, how to make a simple distinction: first, the symptoms of gastroenteritis are mainly concentrated in the symptoms of the digestive tract, such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, especially with severe diarrhea, watery is the main symptom of the disease; while the symptoms of appendicitis patients are mainly reflected in pain, metastatic right lower abdominal pain, pain will initially be concentrated in the upper abdomen, around the umbilicus, with The pain is initially concentrated in the upper abdomen, around the umbilicus, and gradually shifts to the lower right abdomen over time and is confined to this location. Appendicitis may also be associated with nausea and vomiting, and individual patients may have diarrhea or even constipation, so this is not its main feature. Secondly, the nature of pain in patients with IBS is milder and less constant and intense than in patients with appendicitis; in patients with appendicitis, the pain is mainly paroxysmal colic, and when the pain is confined to the right lower abdomen the patient may experience diffuse all-abdominal pain. Then, in terms of auscultation, patients with appendicitis will have diminished bowel sounds and changes in intestinal peristalsis due to the irritation of the intestines by the inflammation of the appendix; this is not the case in patients with gastroenteritis, who will have a slight hyperactive bowel sound. A quick checkup in the hospital is the blood count. Patients with appendicitis generally have a significantly higher white blood cell count, while patients with gastroenteritis rarely have a higher white blood cell count because the causes of these two diseases are different. Patients with enteritis are mainly affected by bacterial infections and mistakenly consume unhygienic food, which can lead to diarrhea; patients with appendicitis are mainly affected by local inflammation of the appendix, fecal stones in the appendix cavity obstruction, or inflammation of the lymphocytes of the appendix.