1 A player's first positive test for stimulants results in mandatory drug counseling plus 6 additional tests over the rest of the year, but no monetary sanctions. 2  A second positive test results in a 25-game suspension without pay.
Although the appendix is a part of your gastrointestinal tract, itâs a vestigial organ. This means that it provides no vital function and that you may live a normal, healthy life without it. The purpose of the appendix is unknown. Some believe it contains tissue that helps your immune system process infections in your body. If you donât get treatment for an inflamed appendix quickly, it can rupture and release dangerous bacteria into your abdomen. The resulting infection is called peritonitis.
Typically an appendix bursts after a prolonged period of inflammation affects the appendix, a process called appendicitis. Appendicitis classically presents with a constellation of symptoms including abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and depressed appetite. The abdominal pain often starts centered around the belly button, and then migrates to the right lower quadrant of the abdomen. As the location of the appendix can vary by several centimeters from person to person, the exact type of abdominal pain can vary as well.