Chapter 10
Acute appendicitis. People often say they suffer from appendix pain, but the correct expression is appendicitis. Acute appendicitis is accompanied by strong pain in the right lower abdomen.
With a grave expression Suhyuk took his hand off her belly.
“Oww!”
She screamed more sharply. This was because the pain is worse when depressed rather than when pressed. It’s a reflexive pain that patients with appendicitis feel.
“When did you get sick?”
All the hints from her reactions ascertain that it is appendicitis.
“I was sick every day. Sir, I’m sick.”
Based on her words alone, he could not tell how long her condition continued for.
With her condition like this continuing for 24 hours there was a 20% chance that it could lead to perforations, and the chance would be 70% after 48 hours.