Taiwo S., 17

Taiwo is a 17-year-old girl. She and her twin sister are the only child of the family. She loves reading history books and like cooking and she we love to be a lawyer. Her mother sells fish in a small scale and her father sells wood the all lives together in 2rooms. She has been having abdominal pain in the right iliac fosse and the pain refer to the umbilicus, she has been on antibiotics with analgesics on various occasion with little improvement. She presented to the hospital and was evaluated for Acute Appendicitis and needs urgent surgery.

Taiwo was admitted on account of Acute Appendicitis which caused severed acute illness. The surgery was carried out as scheduled successfully with no recorded complications. The patient responded well to the surgery and the post operative management. Taiwo was discharged with a stable state of health upon recovery. She is currently doing much better, no abdominal pains or fever, and he is actively playing with friends and family .

If appendicitis is not treated, it can lead to serious complications, the most severe being a ruptured appendix. When the appendix ruptures, it releases bacteria into the abdomen, potentially leading to a serious infection called peritonitis, which can be life-threatening. An abscess, which is a pocket of infection, may also form.Treatment for appendicitis usually involves surgery to remove the appendix, a procedure known as an appendectomy.