Children with allergies have a low risk of complex appendicitis

Swedish researchers report in the academic journal
that they have found that children and adolescents with allergies have a lower risk of developing complex appendicitis. The findings are expected to help clinicians diagnose complex appendicitis in a timely manner.
appendicitis is an acute disease common in children and adolescents, one third of whom are complex and often require longer hospital stays or even multiple operations. Previously, the medical community did not understand why some children develop more complex appendicitis and whether this can be avoided.
researchers at Lund University and Skonne University Hospital in Sweden looked at 605 patients under the age of 15 who under the age of 15 who under undergoed appendectomy at the University Hospital of Skone between 2007 and 2017, 102 of whom had allergies and 503 who had no allergies.
found that only about one in five allergic children and adolescents suffer from complex appendicitis, while nearly half of children and adolescents without allergies suffer from complex appendicitis.
researchers say there is a theory that the complexity of appendicitis is associated with the body's immune response, and that allergic children and adolescents have a lower risk of developing complex appendicitis, possibly because their immune response is different from that of non-allergic children and adolescents.
, one of the authors of the study and a researcher at Lund University, said the new study supports the theory and could also help develop complementary diagnostic methods for complex appendicitis. (Source: Xinhua News Agency)