Difference between acute gastroenteritis and appendicitis

Acute gastroenteritis refers to acute gastroenteritis, which differs from appendicitis in terms of location, etiology and symptoms.

1. Location

Acute gastroenteritis mainly refers to acute inflammatory diseases occurring in the gastrointestinal mucosa. Appendicitis refers to inflammatory diseases occurring in the appendix.

2. Etiology

Infectious acute gastroenteritis is mainly caused by pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses and parasites; non-infectious acute gastroenteritis is generally related to taking certain drugs, alcoholism, food allergies or stress. Appendicitis is mainly caused by secondary bacterial infection after lymphatic follicle proliferation in the appendix wall, fecal mass or stones in the lumen, food residues, ascaris, etc.

3. Symptoms

Typical symptoms of acute gastroenteritis are abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, fever, fever, etc. Typical symptoms of appendicitis are persistent right lower abdominal pain. If the disease progresses seriously, there will also be systemic symptoms such as high fever, chills, fatigue, and accelerated heart rate.