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Q: Appendix on left side of body

asked by: Klji2006 on March 10th, 2009

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My mum has just found out her appendix is on the left side of her body and not her right!!! Does this mean other internanl organs would be on the opposite side of the body too?? Hers was rotten and full of puss and infection, what are the statistics of this happening and how lucky is she???

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