Скачать или смотреть ❄️🔪You’re alone in Antarctica, a blizzard outside… and the surgeon you desperately need is you.

That was Dr. Leonid Rogozov’s reality in 1961, when his appendix turned into a ticking time bomb.

Most of us will never face self-surgery in a polar storm 😅
—but appendicitis itself is very common, affecting about 1 in 12 people.

In this video, we break down:
🧠 What the appendix actually is and why it might exist
🦠 How a tiny blockage turns it into a pressurized infection chamber
🔥 Why the pain “moves” from around the belly button to the lower right side
⚠️ What happens when the appendix bursts and infection spreads in the abdomen
🩺 How doctors treat it today: from classic appendectomy to carefully selected antibiotic-only approaches

Thanks to modern medicine, most people with appendicitis are treated quickly and go home in a day or two. But the key is not ignoring severe, persistent abdominal pain.

👉 Watch to learn how a tiny organ can become a life-threatening emergency—and how science turned a horror story in Antarctica into a mostly routine condition.