Show health notes by dr R R daniels Dan lols appendicitis both the acute and chronic forms of tills this disease are due to improper eating appendicitis in all of its forms Is an avoidable disease at this time tim when so BO great an effort is being m made ade to 0 Iner increase case the public health through decreasing the prevalence of preventable disease more attention should be ie paid to the food induced diseases among these appendicitis is prominent this disease is one ot of the penalties we pay for gurstyle our style ot of eating appendicitis is a digestive disturbance along with all digestive disturbances tur bances it is increasing in frequency how acute Acuto attacks are caused the man who has an acute attack of 0 appendicitis tor for many months has been getting the intestine into a disease favoring state through his habits babits ot of eating taking more food than can be digested and used up by the muscles the eating ot of rich in dig digestible estable foods as well as of tried fried foods and foods that are insufficiently cooked all of these errors of diet result in there being constantly in the bowels more or less undigested unused food which ferments and decomposes and keeps up a constant irritation ri of 0 the bowel particularly its most sen sensitive senst stive lve portion the appendix any unusual indiscretion in diet or anything that lowers the disease resisting power will cause the appendix to take on actual ton and acute appendicitis is precipitated pita ted the appendix Is situated at the most dependent portion ot of the large bowels where when the food canal is overloaded there la Is the greatest accumulation of food and the most irritation hence the appendix becomes the portion of the food tube most moat likely when conditions are favorable to take on inflammation flam mation chronic ap appendicitis P chronic appendicitis is simply a part of intestinal indigestion the most common form of indigestion tho the chronic soreness and irritation of the appendix Is always accompanied compa nied by the usual symptoms symptom a ot of intestinal indigestion here just as in acute appendicitis habitual wrong eating la Is the tha real cause of both the intestinal disturbance and the appendicitis as well less heavy food which means not only less leas meat ineat and eggs but less breads of 0 every kind potatoes and sweets also methods of cooking which make digestion easy these are the sure preventatives for appendicitis |