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==Overview==
==Overview==
Anyone can get appendicitis, but it is more common among people 10 to 30 years old. Appendicitis leads to more emergency abdominal surgeries than any other cause.
Anyone can get appendicitis, but it is more common among people 10 to 30 years old. Appendicitis leads to more emergency abdominal surgeries than any other cause.
==Risk Factors==
*The most common cases of appendicitis occur between the ages of 10 and 30 years.
In children:<ref name="urlAppendicitis - The University of Chicago Medicine">{{cite web |url=http://www.uchospitals.edu/online-library/content=P00815 |title=Appendicitis - The University of Chicago Medicine |format= |work= |accessdate=November 30, 2015}}</ref>
*Appendicitis results in the most common need for emergency abdominal surgery in children.
*A family history of appendicitis increases the child's risk, especially in males.
**Male children with [[cystic fibrosis]] are at an even higher risk.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 20:15, 30 November 2015

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Anyone can get appendicitis, but it is more common among people 10 to 30 years old. Appendicitis leads to more emergency abdominal surgeries than any other cause.

Risk Factors

  • The most common cases of appendicitis occur between the ages of 10 and 30 years.

In children:[1]

  • Appendicitis results in the most common need for emergency abdominal surgery in children.
  • A family history of appendicitis increases the child's risk, especially in males.

References

  1. "Appendicitis - The University of Chicago Medicine". Retrieved November 30, 2015.

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