You may notice quite a few homeless people around Seoul Station. A lot of visitors ask me, “Why are there so many homeless people here?” One of the biggest reasons goes back to 1997, during the Asian Financial Crisis. In Korea, we usually call it the IMF Crisis . A lot of companies went bankrupt, unemployment rose very quickly, and many people suddenly lost their jobs and income. Some people eventually lost their homes as well. And many of them came to Seoul Station . Why here? Because this was one of the main places to find day labor and temporary jobs , and it was also the main railway station if they wanted to go back to their hometowns. But some had no money left and nowhere else to go, so they stayed around the station. That is one reason Seoul Station became one of the main gathering places for homeless people after the 1997 crisis. Then another thing happened. Once many homeless people were here, churches, charities, NGOs, and the government started providing help here. Th...
The appendix is one of the organs that are easily removed by surgery when a problem occurs because it is called " an organ that does not need an appendix". Liberato John Didio called the cecum 'a tonsil in the intestine'. This means that even if it is removed, organs such as the intestine and gallbladder have a lot in common with the appendix.
The importance of the appendix
William P. Jolie, professor of anatomy at the University of Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, noted the potential importance of the appendix.
what are the lymphocytes?
These are all lymphatic organs that produce white blood cells. 'Lymphocytes are one of the white blood cells and serve to eat cells that eat bacteria. '
There are two types of lymphocytes: B lymphocytes and T lymphocytes.
T-lymphocytes aggressively remove bacteria, toxins, and viruses, and help the body find and eliminate bad cancer cells.
B-lymphocytes produce antibodies, which are a protective membrane that protects our body from antigens that have entered the body.
*Antigen: Bad bacteria such as bacteria, toxins, and viruses
*Antibody: The same principle as vaccination, it remembers the antigens that have entered our body and acts as a shield to protect the body.
There is also evidence that B-lymphocytes form in the cecum(Appendix).
In other words, the good bacteria hide in the appendix (Vermiform Appendix) when the antibiotics are eaten regardless of the good and bad bacteria, and then the antibiotic disappears, they come back to the intestine and stimulate the growth of bacteria that have a good effect on the body.
The appendix acts as a reservoir of these beneficial bacteria and maintains immunity, which can take longer for those who have removed the appendix to recover from the disease than those who do not.
Reasons to remove the appendix
If the appendix is important to prevent disease infection, how can you get along with that cut?
The length of an adult appendix is 5~10cm, located in the right lower abdomen and between the navel and the right pelvic bone protruding.
The cause of appendicitis is not known exactly, but if it is a symptom of an inflamed vermiform appendix at the entrance to the appendix, and if the condition is a little bad, the hospital recommends surgery. The reason is that even if removed, it produces enough white blood cells to fill the weakened area in other organs such as the spleen.
Some doctors say that the appendix (and colon) also acts as a lightning rod, causing infection. The cells that cause the infection, according to their claim, are concentrated in one area that is not so important to the functioning of the body. This lightning rod theory is of course supported by many people who have problems with colon and appendix.
This evaluation is difficult to say as a medical opinion about whether it is right to remove the tonsils in the case of tonsillitis in children when comparing whether those who have removed the intestine or appendix are worse than those who do not.
Symptoms of appendicitis
At first, it resembles nausea, vomiting, nausea, etc., but then pain occurs in the upper abdomen, and over time, it changes to pain in the right lower abdomen around the navel, causing a mild fever and feeling cold. In addition, symptoms such as bowel obstruction(=intestinal obstruction), diarrhea, and constipation may occur.