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Appendicitis is an inflammation at the beginning of the colon (appendix). It is often accompanied by severe abdominal pain. Prompt diagnosis and treatment is necessary to prevent complications. The solution is often an appendectomy.

Hemorrhoids, or haemorrhoids, are a condition of the anus. Hemorrhoids are a tangle of blood vessels covered with mucous membrane within the ring of the sphincter of the anus. They form the valve of the anus. This means they are important for holding up bowel movements.

Diabetes is a disease in which your body has trouble regulating the amount of sugar (glucose) in your blood properly. This is because your body does not make enough of the hormone insulin, or because your body does not respond well to insulin. As a result, sugars accumulate in the blood.

Inflammatory bowel disease or IBD is an umbrella term for chronic inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.

A scar rupture, also called an incisional hernia, occurs when the peritoneum bulges on the exact spot of a previous scar in the abdominal wall. This can occur in different places depending on previous surgeries. Some scar fractures are small while others can be very large and contain a lot of abdominal contents.