How did ancient people get appendicitis?

For a long time, there was no concept of appendicitis in humans. It was not until the18th century that the first appendectomy was performed. However, appendectomy was not popular before 19 century, and the corresponding treatment was conservative drug treatment. Died after being cured.

The development of modern medicine is accompanied by the understanding of human body, one is the understanding of human physiological structure, and the other is the statistics of human physiological data. Before18th century, both the East and the West paid more attention to the dead, and the dead could still enjoy higher funeral treatment after death. After all, the dead are the biggest.

Traditional medicine in the east and west is based on experience, so there is a lack of corresponding understanding of many diseases. Although there were operations in ancient times, due to the slow progress of anesthesia technology, few operations were recorded before18th century. In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Hua Tuo was cut by Cao Cao because he wanted to open his skull and take out a painful stone (in the novel, it is not a historical fact). However, this story also reveals that ancient people attached importance to their own bodies, and the so-called body hair and skin could not be damaged by their parents.

For a long time, due to superstition and other factors, people are afraid to dissect human remains. It was not until the 6th century AD/KLOC that Vesaliua began to dissect and observe the structure of human body. He stole the dead body from the gallows, stole the grave, and even hid the human skull under the bed. He also published books on human anatomy, which is a new kind of knowledge and can be compared with Heliocentrism of Copernicus. With the development of science and technology, people begin to know more about the structure of human body. After all, people's eyes can't see through the human body, and the most convenient thing is to cut directly.

People didn't realize the existence of appendix until about the middle and early period of18th century, and the first appendectomy was recorded in 1735. But at that time, few people were willing to take the risk to try this treatment, and the corresponding treatment was not popular. It was not until the 20th century that appendectomy became a more important and common operation.

According to the anatomical structure, the appendix is the blind end of the initial segment of the cecum, and its inner diameter is quite narrow. It only retains these lymphoid tissues and has no digestive function. Compared with chimpanzees and other species, the appendix is a gradually shrinking organ in the cecum, mainly because human chores are mainly meat-eating, the intestine is gradually shortened and the cecum is gradually weakened. Correspondingly, the small intestine and large intestine of chimpanzees, which still feed on plants, are more developed, which also makes their abdominal volume account for a larger proportion of their bodies.

Although the function of cecum is weakened, sometimes food residues will flood into it, leading to inflammation. Lighter is a period of pain, and human immunity can carry it over. However, in severe cases, the appendix will be suppurated, and the pus flowing in the abdominal cavity can stimulate the whole abdominal reaction, resulting in the typical characteristics of hard abdominal wall muscles and pain mainly in the right lower abdomen.

After understanding the anatomical structure of human body, we gradually know the occurrence and treatment of appendicitis. However, before understanding the human body structure, acute abdomen such as appendicitis is characterized by abdominal muscle tension and abdominal pain, but it is difficult to locate the focus without understanding the anatomical structure and treat it.

More drugs are conservative treatment, some drugs can inhibit the immune response of human body, and some can kill microorganisms, so there must be accidental cure in ancient times, but the death cases may be miserable and painful when they die. Surgical treatment is based on the further understanding of human physiological structure and the invention of anesthetics. As early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hua Tuo invented Mafeisan in China, which seems to be one of the first people to perform surgery. Unfortunately, Mafeisan was not handed down, and it was not until the western countries had anesthetic that the operation was carried out.

According to the physiological structure of human body and a large number of disease records, human beings have recorded the typical symptoms and surgical treatment methods of many diseases. It is the medical type that modern medicine attaches importance to anatomy and physiology that makes human beings conquer one disease after another. Although appendicitis is very painful at the onset, it is already a relatively minor operation. There are basically no people who died of appendicitis, except those who still don't seek medical treatment because of severe pain.