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Anonymous No. 16092144

What did human anatomy mean by this? Why does our body let this happen?

Anonymous No. 16092147

>>16092144
Happens if you don't eat enough fiber

Anonymous No. 16092240

I don't know anyone who has had it

Anonymous No. 16093544

>>16092144
Had my terminal ileum + bit of my cecum removed (and hence my appendix). I'm immune

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Anonymous No. 16094723

>>16092144
>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8546507/
>We found, through analyses of data on 258 mammalian species, that cecal appendix presence is correlated with increased maximal observed longevity
>A study dedicated to the exploration of diarrhea among 18 colonies of nonhuman primates reported a particularly high annual incidence of diarrhea of 10.6% with a global annual mortality related to an episode of diarrhea of 1.2%
>Its shape and its secreted biofilm (Bollinger et al., 2007) make the cecal appendix a bacterial sanctuary that facilitates the colonic recolonization by the nonpathogen and symbiotic gut microbiota.
>To sum up, the greater longevity in taxa possessing a cecal appendix may result from decrease in extrinsic mortality

Anonymous No. 16094730

>>16092147
>>16094723
>https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/article-abstract/589665
>The average daily dietary fiber intake was 17.4 g in the group with appendicitis and 21.0 g in the control group. The difference is statistically significant.

Anonymous No. 16094923

>>16092240
I’ve had appendicitis, there now you know someone. Happened when I was 16.