Symptoms:
Pain and tenderness in the lower right area of the abdomen, vomiting, and low-grade fever. In children, the fever can be quite high.

The first symptom usually is pain. There may be tenderness with pressure. Quickly the pain becomes severe. But sometimes the pain is first felt all over the abdomen, and may be especially strong over the naval.

But pain and tenderness with pressure are not enough symptoms to determine appendicitis. There will also be rigidity and tenderness of the muscles of the abdominal wall, especially on the right side, a little below the level of the naval. Coughing and deep breathing make the pain worse.

The attack may, or may not, begin with a chill; but generally some, or much, fever is present from the beginning—along with constipation, vomiting, loss of appetite, nausea, and a tendency while lying in bed to draw up the right leg to relieve tension on the sore side.

Cause:
The appendix is located on the right side of the abdomen, about halfway between the point of the hipbone and the naval.

Causes of appendicitis include constipation; overeating; eating rich, complicated foods and foods low in fiber. The resulting fermentation and digestive upset can produce appendicitis.

Treatment:
• Do not wait. Call a physician.

• The inflammation may subside if the person is put to bed and the infected tissues are kept quiet and not irritated.

• Do not give a cathartic; that is, do not swallow laxatives or laxative herbs, to flush out the gastro-intestinal tract !! This can cause the appendix to rupture!

• Undertake a water fast immediately. Drink small amounts every so often. Take 2 myrrh/goldenseal capsules every 2 hours. Take echinacea 4 times a day.

• Immediately give a colonic or high enema as follows:

• Give an enema of the lower bowel (the descending colon). As you do this, massage that part of the colon downward toward the rectum.

• Then, always gently, slowly, and carefully, go up higher into the ascending colon and massage it toward the rectum.

• Then slowly massage upward on the upper part of the ascending colon. Then very lightly, partway down the ascending colon, gently massage upward. Each time, continue the massage all the way across the transverse colon and down the descending colon.

• Constantly be on the alert for indications that the appendix may have burst !!! If there is a most terrible pain, rush the person to the hospital at once. If you wait beyond that point, he may die.

• When the attack phase of appendicitis is past, and all is better, break the water fast by going on a fruit diet for 2 days.

• Then go on a cleansing, building diet of nourishing food. Do not eat too much at a time. Include 1 tsp. psyllium in juice or water, 3 times a day, for 2 weeks after the appendicitis has ceased.