Speed bumps can help diagnose appendicitis

by Laura Domela

Whether you find driving over speed bumps painful could help doctors work out whether you are suffering from acute appendicitis.

While the link between speed bump pain and appendicitis was already suspected — some doctors even use anecdotal reports of the discomfort in their diagnostic procedure — evidence for the idea had not been produced until now.

“It may sound odd, but asking patients whether their pain worsened going over speed bumps on their way in to hospital could help doctors in a diagnosis,” said Dr Helen Ashdown of the Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford. “It turns out to be as good as many other ways of assessing people with suspected appendicitis.”
via Wired

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Speed bumps can help diagnose appendicitis

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