FOLFOX is given directly into the bloodstream through an intravenous line. It can be given through a thin, short tube (a cannula) put into a vein in the arm each time one has a treatment. It may also be given through a central line, a portacath, or a PICC line.
Left untreated, an inflamed appendix can burst. The infection can then spread throughout the abdominal cavity and into the bloodstream. The appendix hangs from the lower right side of the large intestine. If your husbandâs pain is predominantly on his left side, itâs probably not appendicitis.
Appendicitis, or the inflammation of the appendix, causes abdominal pain that starts on the right side of the abdomen. The pain begins manifesting itself as a minor tenderness that becomes severe as time passes. Nausea and loss of appetite are other symptoms of appendicitis. Surgery is required to treat this.