appendix pain

Appendix pain or Appendicitis is the inflammation of the appendix vermiform. actually appendix, is having worm like structure and as such it is called as appendix vermiform. It is attached with the caecum, or cecum and has no function in the body, but when it is inflamed, due to some infection, it causes a trouble - appendicitis with following causes and symptoms. (Appendix is 5 to 7 c m. long when it is normal and 10- 15 c m. in length when it is inflamed with pencil size thickness).
 Typhlitis inflammation of caecum-formerly called as typhlitis, and now it is recognised as appendicitis.