On the evening of September 1, the closing red carpet ceremony of the 19th China Changchun Film Festival was held in Changchun, Jilin. Young actor Peng Yuchang won the best actor for "Let's Shake the Sun Together". At the awards ceremony, we could see that Peng Peng was thin, whi

At the awards ceremony, we could see that Peng Peng was thin, which was a bit different from the fleshy one he had in previous variety shows. Peng Yuchang once caused heated discussions among netizens because of his sudden weight loss.

Peng Yuchang has been on the road to obesity since he finished participating in "The Longing for Life". He was even frightened by his own photos and became a hot search. Fans shouted: Peng Peng, please eat less!

Peng Peng is so thin now. Is there any secret to losing weight? When asked how he lost weight, Peng Yuchang replied that because of acute appendicitis, he suddenly lost weight after the operation.

In fact, Peng Peng had previously missed the Beijing Film Festival offline activities due to acute appendicitis.

In September 2021, Peng Yuchang posted on social platforms that he would miss the offline activities of this Beijing Film Festival due to acute appendicitis.

Netizens left messages asking him to pay attention to his health. Health is the most important thing.

@Poor injured little white cat: I originally wanted to learn how to lose weight and forward it to favorites, but this won’t work. This cannot be done.

@ smiling face is like a flower: You must pay attention to rest!

@ Eat into a big pie face: You must pay attention to your health and have a regular diet. I suggest everyone here to lose weight and exercise more, and don’t skip meals!

@The May Flowers Bloom in vain: From the side, he is so thin that you can hardly tell it’s him. In the

comment area, some netizens also shared their experience of having their appendix removed.

@Luo Xiyi: Before the appendix was removed, no matter how much I ate, I didn’t gain weight. After the surgery, I started eating as much as I could to gain weight.

@罗汉222: I also had acute appendicitis and lost 28 pounds after the surgery.

@coffee_burger: My little sister also lost weight after having her appendix removed. She couldn’t eat after the operation. She lost fifteen pounds in a week.

Daniel Wu also lost weight

and almost died

In 2019, Daniel Wu posted an article revealing that he was hospitalized due to appendicitis: At first, he thought it was food poisoning. He waited for 3 days before going to the hospital and found that it had suppurated.

When interviewed, Daniel Wu said that he started vomiting in the early morning. At first, he thought he had eaten something unclean. But what made him feel strange was that even drinking water would cause diarrhea. In order to stop the diarrhea, he finally dared not even drink water. His stomach hurt even more. He described the pain as if he had been kicked in the lower body by someone else, and he would feel this way every 10 minutes. After going to the hospital, his abdomen was very swollen. The doctor even said that because the cecum was already swollen, there was no way to remove it. In the end, he had to wash his intestines and take anti-inflammatory drugs for a week. The cecum remained in the body and would be observed for half a year. .

Daniel Wu’s self-report: Almost died! Lost 18 pounds! Fortunately, there was no danger in the end.

However, in 2022, Daniel Wu went to the hospital again. He posted photos of intravenous drips and told everyone that his appendicitis had recurred again!

Is the chance of having appendicitis twice high? Chen Rong, deputy chief physician of the Gastrointestinal Surgery Department of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, said that appendicitis after conservative treatment has the possibility of recurrence, "but the chance of recurrence of early simple appendicitis after conservative treatment will be less."

In addition, Dr. Chen Rong expressed reservations about Wu Yanzu’s severe weight loss during conservative treatment. For patients with early-stage inflammation, such severe weight loss (16 pounds) will not generally occur. “But this is only under normal circumstances. Because I don’t know the specific situation at the time, I can’t comment,” Dr. Chen Rong said.

Severe appendicitis can indeed be fatal

Everyone may encounter it

Appendicitis experienced by Daniel Wu, in addition to obvious abdominal pain, can also cause poor appetite, nausea, vomiting, mild fever, diarrhea or constipation.

Doctors pointed out that severe appendicitis can indeed be fatal! Because the inside of our intestines is an environment full of bacteria, but the abdominal cavity is sterile.If an abscess or ulcer occurs in the cecum, and a large amount of bacteria enters the abdomen, it will cause peritonitis, causing irreparable damage to the body's organs, and in the worst case, death.

Public information shows that appendicitis is most common among young people, and it is more common in men than women. However, as one of the common and high-risk surgical diseases, appendicitis obviously has the characteristics of "naturally familiar". "Theoretically, everyone has a chance of getting appendicitis," the doctor emphasized.

It is reported that once appendicitis occurs, the more common manifestation is metastatic abdominal pain (in the early stage, there is pain in the mid-upper abdomen or around the umbilicus, and after a few hours, the abdominal pain transfers and becomes fixed in the right lower abdomen), which often presents as paroxysmal or persistent distension and dull pain. pain.

In addition, it may be accompanied by gastrointestinal symptoms such as loss of appetite, nausea, and vomiting. It is worth mentioning that these gastrointestinal symptoms are very similar to those of food poisoning, which also explains why Daniel Wu confused appendicitis with food poisoning when he first suffered from it.

In fact, behind the “per capita risk of appendicitis”, the causative factors are diverse. Doctors said that appendicitis is an inflammatory lesion of the appendix caused by a variety of factors.

The pain is worse than life.

There is a possibility of recurrence after conservative treatment.

A patient with appendicitis said: It was about 12 o'clock in the night. I was already asleep and woke up by a burst of pain. The pain came from the right lower abdomen.

This kind of pain does not come in bursts, it is a continuous and heartbreaking pain, as if someone has pinched your intestines and twisted it hard! The whole person curled up into a ball, and the sheets were soaked with sweat.

I was woken up again by pain at three o'clock in the morning. I was tortured like this until dawn, and I rushed directly to the gastrointestinal surgery department. The doctor diagnosed it as acute appendicitis. I decided to have an operation without saying anything, and returned to work three days later.

If an attack of appendicitis is so miserable, how should the patient be treated when it occurs? It is reported that the treatment of acute appendicitis can be divided into non-surgical treatment (ie conservative treatment) and surgical treatment.

As far as conservative treatment is concerned, when the patient has a clear diagnosis of acute appendicitis and has indications for surgery, but his or her general condition or objective conditions do not allow it, such as when Daniel Wu had his first appendicitis attack in March 2019, antibiotics can be used to fight the infection first. Treatment and other non-surgical treatments, delaying surgery.

If you can’t cut it, it’s over.

The appendix also plays a big role

“If I don’t have appendicitis, should I take the initiative to cut out the appendix?” In fact, the reason why people are confused is related to the common misunderstanding that the appendix is ​​a “redundant” organ. .

So, is the appendix really "superfluous"? To avoid inflammation, can we “strike first”? The answer is no. The reporter learned that although in appearance, the appendix looks like an organ "delivered for free" from the cecum above, in fact, the appendix also has important functions.

In recent years, scientists have gained new understanding of the function of the appendix. For example, some studies have shown that the appendix is ​​rich in lymphoid tissue, which can secrete B lymphocytes and T lymphocytes and promote the production of immunoglobulin class A antibodies.

At the same time, the appendix is ​​involved in the production of molecules that help lymphocytes transfer to other parts of the body, suppress the humoral antibody response that destroys blood and lymph, and exert the immune function of lymphoid organs.

In addition, the appendix can also secrete a variety of substances in the nucleus and various digestive enzymes, hormones that promote intestinal peristalsis and growth-related hormones, etc., which can make white blood cells contact and react to a large number of antigens in the gastrointestinal tract, making many targets Microorganisms and bacteria that are extremely harmful to the human body and can easily cause celiac disease are destroyed inside, and beneficial bacteria can be produced and protected.

Generally speaking, as a lymphoid organ in the human body, the appendix participates in the production and maturation of B lymphocytes. It has certain immune functions and can destroy harmful bacteria and thereby protect beneficial bacteria. Therefore, the appendix may seem "superfluous", but it is actually quite useful. As for whether to remove the appendix, it is still recommended to make a decision after diagnosis by a specialist.

(Source: News Morning Post, @Peng Yuchang, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine Shenzhen Hospital, Nandu Jianwen)