Why is ruptured appendicitis dangerous?
Normally, the abdominal cavity, like the chest cavity, is stertile (clean and devoid of any bacteria) and super sensitive to even mild bacterial contamination. Only the hallow organs (foodpipe, stomach, intestines, etc) contain bacteria, especially the colon (large intestines), which is full of feces. The appendix is a small-finger-like tubular extension of the colon on the right side of the abdomen. This, too, obviously is full of live bacteria. When the appendix gets inflamed and ruptures, the bacteria and feces spill over to the free abdominal cavity, which rapidly and violently reacts to the contamination. This explains the severe right lower quadrant abdominal of appendicitis and the rebound abdominal tenderness and rigidity of ruptured appendicitis. Does asthma kill? Yes, bronchial asthma, the wheezing breathing disease, does kill, by suffocation. Thousands of people around the world have died of severe intractable bronchial asthma, that resulted in severe shortness of breath, an
