A member of the South Korean boy band BTS has undergone surgical procedure for acute appendicitis. The singer and dancer Jimin additionally examined constructive for COVID, his administration company revealed on Monday in a publish on fan web site Weverse.

On Sunday, the 26-year-old BTS member, whose actual identify is Park Ji-min, skilled what BigHit Music described as "sudden belly ache together with a light sore throat." Ji-min visited an emergency room, the place he was identified with the 2 circumstances.

Ji-min underwent surgical procedure on Monday, together with his administration company saying that the process was profitable.

The Mayo Clinic describes appendicitis because the irritation of the appendix, a finger-shaped "pouch" that extends out from the colon on the decrease proper facet of the stomach.

The primary indicators of appendicitis are normally ache within the decrease proper stomach or ache across the navel that migrates to the decrease proper. The positioning of this ache can differ relying on the sufferer's age and the place of their appendix. As an example, pregnant girls struggling irritation of the appendix might expertise ache within the higher stomach because the organ strikes greater throughout being pregnant.

This ache intensifies because the irritation of the appendix worsens, and finally turns into extreme, in accordance with the Mayo Clinic.

The Nationwide Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Ailments (NIDDK) provides that different signs of appendicitis embrace lack of urge for food, vomiting, constipation, or diarrhea.

The reason for appendicitis is a blockage within the lining of the appendix, which leads to an an infection. Micro organism within the blockage multiply quickly, inflicting the appendix to swell and turn into infected because it fills with pus.

The Mayo Clinic says that this can lead to critical issues, particularly if the infected appendix ruptures. Such a rupture permits the an infection to unfold via the stomach of the sufferer. This may be life-threatening and requires surgical procedure to take away the appendix and clear the belly cavity.

A burst appendix might additionally trigger an abscess to type, which necessitates drainage by a tube pushed via the belly wall. This course of takes round two weeks throughout which the affected person is handled with antibiotics.

Antibiotics and Surgical procedure

NIDDK says that the primary remedies for appendicitis are antibiotics and surgical procedure to take away the appendix. Performing the surgical procedure promptly reduces the danger of rupture and the intense issues listed above.

Although appendicitis can happen in anybody, with between 5 and 9 individuals in 100 creating the situation, it is extra frequent in males. The situation can have an effect on individuals of any age, however these mostly affected are individuals of their teenagers and 20s.

NCBI says that appendicitis is chargeable for 300,000 hospital admissions a 12 months in america alone.

In line with BigHit Music, Ji-min will stay within the hospital for the following few days receiving each post-operative care and therapy for COVID.

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Jimin of South Korean pop group BTS at t Rockefeller Plaza, New York Metropolis on February 21, 2020. The singer and dancer has undergone surgical procedure for acute appendicitis.Dia Dipasupil/GETTY