appendicitis

Summary
Synonym
  • acute appendicitis
  • acute appendicitis with generalized peritonitis
  • acute appendicitis with peritoneal abscess
Definition
A gastrointestinal system infectious disease that involves inflammation and infection of the appendix caused by the blockage of the lumen with a small, hard piece of stool, a foreign body or worms. Mucus backs up in the appendiceal lumen, causing bacteria that live inside the appendix to multiply. The infection has_symptom pain, in the upper abdomen initially and later in the lower abdomen, has_symptom nausea, has_symptom vomiting and has_symptom fever.
Super Class
cecal disease
External Links
Disease Ontology
DOID:8337
Mondo Disease Ontology
MeSH
UMLS
NCI Thesaurus
Related Genes
Displaying all 7 entries
Gene ID Gene Symbol Description Source
929 CD14 CD14 molecule
1040 CDS1 CDP-diacylglycerol synthase 1
4669 NAGLU N-acetyl-alpha-glucosaminidase
5130 PCYT1A phosphate cytidylyltransferase 1A, choline
23583 SMUG1 single-strand-selective monofunctional uracil-DNA glycosylase 1
23659 PLA2G15 phospholipase A2 group XV
55902 ACSS2 acyl-CoA synthetase short chain family member 2

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