Diet and Appendicitis

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Habib Ullah Afridi
Haider Bukhari

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A study to analyse 200 cases of Acute appendicitis (A.A) was carried out to correlate diet in the causation of A.A. A number of hypotheses have been discussed. It has been observed that people having diets low in fibre have higher incidence of A.A. High Potato consumption too is blamed for high incidence. Other factors including infection, hygiene and environment are discussed.

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Afridi HU, Bukhari H. Diet and Appendicitis. J Postgrad Med Inst [Internet]. 2011 Aug. 26 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];8(1). Available from: https://jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/449
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