Helpful Bacteria May be Hiding in Your Appendix
I’ve actually had about enough of people who think they’re so smart and they insist that the appendix doesn’t have any use so it should be taken out. Well, exactly how much do these people know about the human body? If indeed the appendix has no use at all, then why would it be there in the first place? Same thing goes for tonsils and wisdom teeth, which I’m currently researching on. Everything happens or is there for a reason. With regards to the appendix, researchers FINALLY now believe that it is a “safe house” for commensal bacteria, the symbiotic germs that aid digestion and help protect against disease-causing germs.
The appendix is isolated from the rest of the gut, with an opening smaller than a pencil lead. In times of trouble, such as an infection that flushes the system, these commensal bacteria could hide out there, ready to repopulate the gut when the danger is past.
Biofilms, colonies of beneficial microbes, form in your large intestine. They aid digestion and protect against infection, while enjoying the protection and nutrition of the human host. Researchers have found biofilms on the epithelial lining of the appendix as well.
