Hi, this is David from MinuteEarth. Occasionally, a piece of poop that’s especially
hard – called a fecalith – will break off from the larger poop mass, go floating around
in a person’s intestinal tract, and then get stuck in the narrow channel that connects
the large intestine to a sac called the appendix. This blockage is the main cause of the disease
known as appendicitis; it makes the organ swell like a balloon with a toxic combination
of mucus and bacteria, and it needs to be quickly treated – before the sac bursts. Strangely, though, people are much more likely
to get appendicitis in certain places than others. And that likely has something to do with how
these rogue poop pebbles get formed in the first place. The rate of appendicitis rose dramatically
in the US and other wealthy countries during the 20th century. We think that that’s because an increase
in wealth meant that people in those countries started eating less fiber and more processed
foods and sugars; which may have caused people in these places to have weirder poops – and
thus more frequent fecaliths. That diet hypothesis was supported further
when doctors noticed that appendicitis was much more common in the summer; it turns out
that we eat a lot more sugar when it’s warm outside, which seems to cause even more stool
rocks. And in countries like South Korea, Iran and
and Chile that are just getting wealthier, today we’re seeing increases in appendicitis
rates that look a lot like those that happened in the US earlier in the 20th century. Diets in those countries have also gotten
rid of a lot of fiber and added a lot of processed food. But this relationship between a weird diet
and appendicitis no longer seems to apply to the United States. In the last 40 years – even as people have
gotten even richer and continued to eat all sorts of junk, the rate of appendicitis has
actually dropped almost 60%. And we’re not exactly sure why. Perhaps, after a few decades, their intestines
have simply adjusted to the new diets and have stopped freaking out as much. Or maybe, it’s more complicated than that. For now, it’s still a large – and stinky
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rOgUe PoOp PeBbLe
sToOl RoCkS
WeIrD lOoKiNg PoOpS
I had appendicitis
It burst
I stayed at the hospital for 9 days
It sucked
Oh yea i had that and it hurted,alot luckily im alive c:
Can netherlands people get it?
There’s a way to cure stools
1. Drink warm water
2. Done!
good thing Canadians weren't even listed on the chance board.
We Shall all count on minute Earth to help us all with these reasons
I know someone who had appendicitis and then the appendix bursted so that wasn't good. She spent the majority of summer in the hospital. She's ok now. Well, in that sense. Her and her family bought fish without research, killed them and she came up with the idea to start breeding fish. I try to avoid her but I can't.
Wow this video felt pretty empty…
Deutsch lol
my sis removed her appendix thing
The third flag is my country
are you serious you didn't even try to answer the titular question
So we ned more laxitive? ( i am not good at spelling ;-; )
Appendicitis rates
have gone down. 😃
Because people
keep eating crap. 😟
I got my appendix removed 1month ago
Maybe humans are starting to evolve and the kids before have smaller appendices and the kids now maybe don’t have appendices
The vídeo does not answer the question.waste of time
Proper click bait..😒
clickbait
Maybe maybe just like make the food the sugar lower little bit maybe
This is not interesting than butterflies eating dead caucuses
I got that before
When I was 6
no one:
minute earth: POOP PEBLES
well that was useless
Save everyone some time. 1:30 "we're not sure why"
Does it spread?
Well for me I never heard of It but I dont eat much sugar,because I feel like my mouth gets dry and the sweetness of many things feel like to much for me,hence why I dont eat many sweet fruits or to much sugar,It just feels weird…
Thanks for the nightmares 😀
I got really happy when I saw South Africa has the least cases!
Where are all my South Africans at?! 🇿🇦 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻😄😁
I feel a pain in my abdomen.
Spoilers: They don’t know.
The person between the one above and the one below got his appendix removed
Chilley…
ITS CHILLY
My appendix ruptured and it had to be removed
I remember when I was a kid my mum always warn me of not running or jumping after eating my meal,she said my appendix will explodes,I was really scared Lol
it could be that We have evolved further beyond!!! ….. or people have their appendix removed during any other surgery.
My stomach hurts now
I got that and i got out in week (2)
I had appendicitis this week and my appendix was removed ☹️☹️☹️ but I got lucky because it was an early appendicitis 😐😐😐
Minuteearth: we talk about science and other things.. mostly shit
Well that was kind of disappointing. You go to the effort of nicely laying out the question and and then give a brief explanation to one theory why. IMO the script should have spent more time on the answer/asnwers. The fact that they are just theories is fine 🙂
My mom got this and she had surgery when she was 9… I'm scared
So Americans are more prone to gut evolution.
sees chile OH SHIT i LIVE THERE
Ok ok i will poop even more jeez
I had that just last week… it bursted I had to get surgery.
! I don’t really eat really healthy
Because I don’t care
I miss read the title is why are fewer people getting appendixes
I thought I didn’t have an appendix.
When I was 9 years old I had appendicitis and now that I’m 16 years old I was actually fascinated of how appendicitis originates
0:30 My favorite country. Texas.
WE MUTATED AND EVOLVED
I saw my Country Flag! It’s the one with the less likely chance to get appendicitis. 🇿🇦😊🤩😜😎
Me : lives in SA.Phew I’m not likely to get it
Me after watching: wait wait wait ,you saying I’m poor?!😡
I GOT A APPENDICITIS
I live in America
I use a thingy called ecosio something like that plants a tree after every little while you use it I get normaly around 30 each time I'm on my computer
As someone who had it at the age of 10, I can truly relate.
Lol… The video was a question instead of an answer xD
Whaaaaaat?????! A video just to leave us with an open question?!?!?! Com’on!!! Tell me more!!!!
MinuteEarth, The king (or queen) of poop (or feces) videos (or short motion pictures!)
Four Days Ago
Me: Leaves hospital after recovering from the surgery that I got because of Appendicitis
Present Day
Me scrolling through the internet and sees this monstrosity: O_O WHO'S WATCHING ME?
This honestly shocked me the most, what are the chances that this shows up while you're recovering from Appendicitis?
Hah I only have diarea
More appendicitis during summer, maybe because it's hot and we get dehydrated?
but what was the appendix's function in the body?
The actual reason is reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
First of all : Why do we have a appendix?
Second : Will our appendix literally burst?
No appendix gang
Well i think apendix is USELESS ORGAN
Oh god Hong Kong in 1900
Una?
That has happened to me!
Kong
Where malaysian because I am Malaysia
I Already got Surgery for Appendix And Appendix is useless so whateva
The phililpines does not have any like that thing
Because people died from cancers and heart diseases before it has a chance.
So do you want us to get more appendicitis times, right?
I don't want appendicitis
I'm sad for people 😥😢
I'm pretty sure the reason why not a lot of people are getting appendicitis is because of evolution
Why he says poop instead of shit or feces?
“Which caused people in those places to have weirder poops” minute earth 2018
LOL South Korea is "just" getting wealthier? as the same group as Iran and Chile?
LOL
When you got your appendix removed as a kid then see the flags of your parents home countries appear in the video 😳😂
Ew
I think my bff got that…..
Great job!
Thx for telling us about dis!
I eat a lot of junk food I'm scared now
Butts are fun.
im happy anasthesia exists because if i get appendicitis i will sleep during the surgery
What if our appendix was bigger?
I poop fecaliths out
Last year my classmate got appendicitis
,and yes I just happended to be eating chocolate icecream…
Fuck.
Thanks for scarring me
love the fact that South Africa has less likeness of this
It's my country
I had that before…..