Appendicitis
Every saturday at my church, a big group of people decide to visit members who are sick and pray for them. This week, there was a member who has appendicitis. The member had an inflamed appendix. No one actually knows what the specific function of an appendix is but some believe that it houses good bacteria. If this burts, then all the infectious contents inside could spill inside the abdominal cavity and cause serious issues. You would need antibiotics to be treated if this occurs. You are able to get this if the passage to the appendix has been blocked. If you have this, you tend to become weak and have sharp pains in your abdomen. This relates to cell and molecular biology in many ways. Foreign substances are able to block the appendix as well as cancer or the stool. When there is a foreign substance blocking the appendix, inflammation occurs. Inflammation also occurs when you get a cut and foreign substances enter your body. Also, if the appendix bursts, this could cause an infection. In this, white blood cells can only do so much to help but antibiotics are required to help fight it.
Works Cited Page
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-topics/digestive-diseases/appendicitis/Pages/overview.aspx
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