Director Kiran Rao shares how her appendix sent a sudden reminder: How it happens

'Laapataa Ladies' fame director Kiran Rao recently shared on her social media how she was ready to 'party her way into 2026, but her appendix sent her a reminder.' Apparently, Kiran was hospitalised for the past few days due to appendicitis. After her appendix surgery, she thanked her doctors, family and friends, through her social media page, saying how each of them played a pivotal part in helping her with care, timely intervention and happiness. "Well, I've been discharged, and I'm back home, ready to ease myself into the new year. 2025 has been good to me and mine, and here's hoping 2026 will be kind, fun, full of love - AND BETTER AQI - for all," she said on her page.

Thanking her doctors, Kiran also said, "Immense gratitude for modern medicine (still can't understand how that whole 12mm dia appendix came out through a 10.5mm catheter). Dr Kayomarz Kapadia and the whole surgical team. Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital's super care." She also said that her family and friends, including Aamir Khan, helped with timely intervention. 

The Cleveland Clinic explains how none of us think about the existence of the appendix till it starts hurting, one day. Once it does, the immediate hospitalisation matters. Though serious, it's a common condition and calls for emergency surgery. Here's how you can recognise its symptoms:
1) Abdominal pain
2) Loss of appetite
3) Nausea
4) Fever
5) Swollen tummy
6) Urge to pee more often
7) Diarrhoea
8) Bowel paralysis

What causes appendicitis?
1) Inflammatory bowel disease
2) Hardened faecal deposits or appendix stones
3) Swelling in lymphoid tissue
4) Parasites
5) Cystic fibrosis
6) Tumours

Stress and genetics
While family history can raise your risk for appendicitis, the Cleveland Clinic says the disease isn't inherited. Also, stress isn't generally quoted as a factor that triggers appendicitis. That said, a rare condition called 'ischemic colitis' can also affect the appendix.