Patient's question:
Appendicitis, can surgery be performed? What are the good methods of treatment? Currently, intravenous treatment for a month still has pus, do I need to go to the hospital for treatment?Doctor's answer:
Omphalitis is a bacterial infection of the umbilical stump. Depending on the age of onset, it can be classified as adult omphalitis or neonatal omphalitis, and it is further divided into acute omphalitis and chronic omphalitis. Acute omphalitis is an acute cellulitis of the peri-umbilical tissues. If the infection progresses, it may lead to abdominal wall cellulitis, or it can develop into a peri-umbilical abscess, with the risk of complications such as peritonitis and sepsis. The causative organisms include Staphylococcus aureus. If a abscess forms, surgical incision and drainage can be performed for treatment.