A ruptured appendix is a serious medical situation where the appendix, a small pouch in the lower right abdomen, bursts due to inflammation. This inflammation, which is caused by a condition ...

Her appendix had burst and turned gangrenous by the time she had emergency surgery. Spence was suffering from symptoms of appendicitis for 12 days before doctors accurately diagnosed her.

But if it’s left too long and the inflamed appendix bursts, causing a wave of bacteria to flood the abdomen, it can lead to organ damage or even death in rare cases. “I just thought ...

Lacey Brookman's appendix is believed to have burst before her initial GP appointment, but her condition wasn't diagnosed for another two weeks. The young girl, pictured above, underwent surgery ...

Lacey Brookman had surgery to remove inflamed appendix which had burst at least two weeks before she was taken to hospital Lacey Brookman, a Year 6 student, passed away following surgery to remove ...

Her appendix had burst and turned gangrenous by the time she had emergency surgery. (Submitted by Joy Spence) One night, she says, her boyfriend had to help her into an ambulance. Spence was in so ...

HOUSTON (CN) – A Texan claims a county jail’s medical staff ignored his stomach-pain complaints and his appendix ruptured, opening a huge hole in his gut “with excrement oozing” for months before ...