She’s the mother of all surprises. A British woman who believed she was suffering from appendicitis was stunned when she gave birth to a baby boy in the back of the ambulance. “I was speechless -— I couldn’t believe what had just happened,” new mom Megan Isherwood, 26, told Southwest News Service. “I had no … Read more
A young woman rushed to the hospital with suspected appendicitis ended up giving birth to a baby boy. Megan Isherwood, 26, was rushed to the hospital after suffering severe pains in her right side and vomiting up blood. Doctors at Blackburn Hospital feared she had appendicitis and ordered ultrasound and CT scans. Megan Isherwood was … Read more
A medical misdiagnosis led to the death of a “kind-hearted” young dad. Josh Warner, 25, died from a brain tumor after doctors misdiagnosed it as appendicitis. After two weeks of suffering headaches and being sick, Warner went to the hospital for a CT scan. The doctors told him he had appendicitis — despite having no … Read more
A UK man is “running out of time” after his brain tumor was misdiagnosed as appendicitis — with doctors removing the organ. Joshua Warner, 25, began suffering from a severe headache in late June, and was eventually taken to the hospital by his dad nearly two weeks later. “Josh didn’t have any pain in his … Read more
Good news for doctors looking to cut appendectomies out of their schedules. A new study — conducted by Swedish researchers from the Karolinska Institute and published Wednesday in JAMA Surgery — found that most patients who receive antibiotics for appendicitis rather than surgery have successful long-term outcomes, but some may require surgery later on. Appendectomies … Read more