16/05/2020
In the past century, in some countries, all children had their appendices forcibly removed in order to avoid future appendicitis. It has only recently been discovered that the Appendix is not a vestige at all. It plays an important role in the human immune system, being a kind of shelter for microorganisms. When natural flora dies in the intestines due to diseases, it is from the Appendix that "reinforcement" comes. On the other hand, today's medicine allows you to restore the intestinal flora with drugs, so that this function of the Appendix becomes insignificant.
