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Practice Points

Classical symptoms:
1. Abdominal pain

	a.	first constant, diffuse, upper or central
	b.	then localised right lower

2. Anorexia, nausea, mild vomiting

Classical signs:
1. VITAL SIGNS NORMAL or mildly raised: pulse, blood pressure, temperature
2. Abdomen soft with LOCALISED right lower TENDERNESS

	a.	Voluntary muscle GUARDING early
	b.	REBOUND tenderness later

3. BOWEL SOUNDS progressively reduced

Typical Laboratory tests:
1. White Blood Cell Count (WBC) >10,000
2. Neutrophils >75%
3. C-Reactive Protein (CRP) >0.8

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