Burst Appendix Or Stomach Flu? Experts Say Doctors And Parents Can Sort Out Symptoms With A Checklist

A young child arrives at the emergency room after several days of abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea and is sent home with a diagnosis of viral gastritis and treatment for the symptoms. The child seems better for a while, only to return to the ER with worse symptoms and a ruptured appendix, a life-threatening complication of appendicitis.

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Filed under: Primary Care on October 13th, 2008