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Beware appendicitis in young kids

Children with stomach aches or cases of vomiting could be suffering from an inflammation of the vermiform appendix - or so-called appendicitis. As opposed to gastro intestinal infections caused by viruses or bacteria, the stomach pain in appendicitis occurs before a fever develops.

In such cases, parents should take their children to a pediatrician or young people's physician or take them to the emergency room, according to Ulrich Fegeler of the Professional Association of Children's and Young People's Physicians in Cologne.