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'Don't eat unripe guava or eat the seed,' warned mama. 'It can cause appendix', she continued. What she meant to say is that eating unripe guava or its seed can cause appendicitis. To her, appendix is the name of the disease called appendicitis. She was not only the one with such theory. All my siblings grow up with the same belief maybe from her. It is also common among the community. As I grew older, I realised that this sentiment crosses many nations 'avoid guava and its seed to avoid appendicitis.' Read Also: Why rice with stone does not cause appendicitis I don't blame anybody that accepts that idea. There is no confirmed cause of appendicitis. Even the use has been highly debated until recently the use was discovered. That left room for many theories. What Is Appendicitis Appendicitis is the inflammation of the appendix. The appendix is a long narrow sac like tissue that protrudes from the proximal (upstream) end of the large intestine. It was onc...

From a very tender age, I have heard several warning to desist from eating local rice. The reason is because the local rice contains stones. It is practically impossible to remove all the stones during washing. The fear is how the stone can cause appendicitis. Read Also : Parboiling foreign rice is bad for health I grew up with that believe that appendicitis is caused by eating rice with stone. I avoided the local rice due to this fact. However, the explanation seems not compatible with research. Appendix Appendix The appendix is a 3 1 / 2 inch-long narrow tubular finger-shaped tissue that extends from the large intestine on the lower right side of the body. Scientists have pondered over the years about it's function in the human body. However, recent theory that seems logical is that it is a reservoir of beneficial microorganisms in the body. It release them when the ones in the body have been depleted like after antibiotic use. Appendicitis Is the inflammatio...