It is widespread that it is dangerous to eat fruits with seeds - supposedly bones from grapes, watermelon or grenade, accumulating, clogging the appendix, which leads to its inflammation. We decided to check if this fear is confirmed by scientific data.

About fearsassociated with swallowed seeds different Fruits, you can Read On numerous sites and forums. Users Checkthat most often for them They told Parents and older relatives about this. IN Internet You can also Meet And a warning from doctors - supposedly “if the bone gets into the appendix and gets stuck there, it can cause appendicitis. This applies to all bones, even small. ” Most often users excited Bones of orange, grapes, watermelon, apple, grenade and cherries.

Appendix Most often called the worm adhesion of the cecum of the gut 5-10 cm long. Although from the point of view of anatomy it will be true call The appendix is any process, in this text the appendix will be called only a certain fragment of the intestine. In the case of obstruction of the appendix, that is, partial or full of its blocking, pathology occurs - appendicitis. She It happens More often in women, basically inflammation occurs at young and middle age. However, appendicitis can occur at 80. By statistics, appendicitis is the most common diagnosis that requires surgical intervention. The intestinal site can be closed with overgrown with lymphoid tissue, feces or foreign body. However, there are no swallowed seeds among the most common reasons. Let's figure it out in more detail.

Of the seeds of all these fruits with watermelons, the simplest story. His seed in the appendix simply does not fit. Thickness This process is only 7 mm in an ordinary, non -inflammatory state. About 3 mm falls on the walls, that is, its lumen is usually about 4 mm. Depending on the variety Semeychko The watermelon is in width from 8 mm, in length - from 13 mm.

With other fruits, everything is not so simple, because their seeds are most often much smaller than watermelon. However, scientists conducted detailed studies against them. In particular, Turkish doctors from the two largest hospitals of Izmi investigated Already inflamed and remote appendixes. Of the 1969 samples in only one case (0.05%), fruit seeds were found in the remote organ. Unfortunately, scientists did not indicate in their work, the seeds of which plants were. They only noted that this incident occurred in June, and published a photograph of appendicitis with the discovered seed. The editors of the "verified" finds it difficult to determine what kind of fetus the drug has fallen into a photograph of the drug below.

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In the same study, scientists noted that the seven appendixes discovered undigested plant residues, that is, poorly chewed plant food, seven times more often led to the disease than the fruits eaten together with seeds. Researchers in the text of their work also noted that earlier in appendixes they discovered seeds of cocoa, orange, melon, oats, figs, grapes, dates, caraway seeds and some nuts. At the same time, scientists do not believe that fruit seeds are dangerous. They indicate that the number of cases of appendicitis caused by swallowed plant seeds is extremely small compared to the total number of appendicitis.

Researchers received similar figures in 1988. Adelaide scientists (Australia) Analyzed Content 1409 remote appendixes. Fruit seeds were found in only one.

Described Also, the case of appendicitis in a 13-year-old boy from Uganda. Doctors found seeds in a remote process. True, neither the boy, nor the doctors, nor the locals could identify them. Also, the patient could not remember when he could eat some fruit with such a seed.

Thus, fears to eat a fruit with seeds and receive appendicitis cannot be called completely groundless. At the same time, such a probability is so low that it is most likely not to worry about a swallowed seed.

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