Childhood Obesity and Its Relation To The Development of Acute Appendicitis

Abstract

Acute appendicitis is caused by the inflammation of the appendix and is the disease associated with the largest number of cases of emergency surgery in pediatrics and involves 1% to 2% of children who consult the emergency service, on the other hand, the Obesity is a multicausal, chronic and systemic disease, not only present in countries with great economic development, but also involved in all ethnic groups, ages and social classes, for this reason, the relationship between these two pathologies should be better studied especially from the pediatric approach. In patients with childhood obesity, the diagnosis of appendicitis is usually difficult and challenging despite advances in imaging diagnosis and in the treatment of acute appendicitis. In this age group, misdiagnosis is common, which is associated with a high incidence of complications, increased morbidity and mortality and prolonged hospitalizations that allow the development of this disease.