Your appendix, why you need it, how to avoid surgery and what happens when it is removed
You do need this organ and there are downstream effects when it is removed
The Role of the Appendix
The appendix plays a vital role in immune function and stores beneficial gut bacteria when needed.
As a side note, click the link above. While the information is correct, I took it from the NPR health site, which has an unusual name for its health site.
Do you see what it is called?
It is called Shots and has a picture of a needle.
I find that very interesting. Do you see how mainstream media conveys the perception that health comes from a needle?
Appendix Pain
The appendix is a finger-shaped pouch that sticks out from the colon on the lower right side of the abdomen. If you have an inflamed appendix, pressing on that lower right belly area may cause rebound pain. The pain can also start around the belly button and then shift to the right side.
Diet and Appendicitis
Dietary factors can contribute to appendicitis. Ultra-processed foods with inflammatory oils, such as vegetables, canola, and soybean oil, can irritate the digestive system. Excessive alcohol intake, processed meats, and sugar are also culprits.
Chronic constipation and slow transit time, which is the time it takes for food to go through the digestive process, can also lead to appendicitis. Transit time should take 18 to 22 hours.
Eating a spoonful of white sesame seeds is a way to know your transit time. Do not chew them very thoroughly for this experiment. Note the time you eat the sesame seeds and the first and last time you see the white seeds in your stool. Ideally, you should see the seeds around the 18-hour mark and see them for the last time by the 22-hour mark. A shorter duration indicates food is moving through you too fast, and longer times indicate a sluggish transit time.
If Your Appendix Has Been Removed, Here is What You Should Know
Once your appendix is removed, you are at greater risk for a type of Inflammatory Bowel Disease called Crohn’s disease. Since an appendectomy causes intestinal dysbiosis, this may be a precursor to intestinal inflammation.
In this study, they found that of 17,205 participants who had undergone surgery for an appendectomy, there were 3,679 cases of IBD, two-thirds of which were CD, and one-third were ulcerative colitis.
After the modified mRNA injection, children are more susceptible to appendicitis, according to this study that analyzed more than 5 million children. The risk was observed 1 to 42 days following the second dose.
Why do you need your appendix?
There are times when an emergency appendectomy cannot be avoided. Otherwise, it is best to keep all your organs rather than have them removed. The appendix plays a vital role in health because it acts as a reservoir for the gut microbiome, storing beneficial bacteria for when it is needed.
For example, if you needed antibiotics or opted for chemotherapy, both of which will destroy beneficial gut flora and thereby diminish immune health, the appendix could kick into gear, supplying the gut with the necessary bacteria, which can also enhance immune, mood, autoimmune, and mental health well-being.
Bottom Line
To keep your appendix healthy and intact, eat a whole-food diet, reduce systemic inflammation, and keep your bowels moving. You should have at least one bowel movement per day, but this can even signal that you are constipated if you eat more than once daily.
If your appendix is removed, your gut microbiome may need extra support from probiotic-rich foods or a probiotic supplement.
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Many years ago a chiropractor told me that there's an acupressure point located above your right collar bone. If someone is having an appendicitis attack, someone else can get behind them and squeeze the trapezius muscle firmly for a few minutes, with their fingertips slightly above the collar bone, and the appendix sphincter muscle will relax, and the appendicitis attack will subside. I've never had an opportunity to try this, but if it's true, it could be life saving under some circumstances. If you know anyone who is trained in acupressure you might ask them about it.
My older brother was diagnosed with stomach cancer about a year after they ripped his appendix out.