The Bio-Logical Background of Appendicitis and Dementia - From the Perspective of Koala Evolution

Contents:
Appendicitis
Dementia, Cognitive Decline

 

Appendicitis

What is commonly referred to as appendicitis is actually the inflammation of the appendix.

The appendix is a tubular organ, typically 8-10 cm long in humans (though it can range from 2-26 cm), located at the junction of the small and large intestines, attached to the cecum. It stores essential microorganisms for digestion in the cecum and large intestine.

It’s often assumed that the inflammation is caused by a blockage of the appendix, leading to localized pus accumulation due to trapped lymph fluid and bacteria, or possibly the spread of another inflammation. However, conventional medicine doesn’t fully understand the exact cause.

To better understand the cause of appendix changes, it’s worth examining how it functions in the koala. The koala’s appendix is over 2 meters long and contains millions of microorganisms.

The koala’s diet is remarkably monotonous, consisting almost exclusively of eucalyptus leaves. No other mammal can utilize eucalyptus leaves as food because they are rich in tough fibers, low in nutritional value, and toxic to most animals.

It’s likely that, long ago, the koala population survived by choosing eucalyptus forests as their habitat, necessitating adaptations in their digestion (and other physiological functions) to cope with these conditions.

As a result, the koala developed a symbiotic digestive process, working with gut bacteria to break down otherwise indigestible fibers and proteins and neutralize toxins. Its exceptionally long appendix provides a suitable environment for these microorganisms’ activity.

Even with this adaptation, to digest its food efficiently and extract the maximum nutrients and water, the koala’s metabolism is extraordinarily slow. The animal spends 18-22 hours a day sleeping (and digesting).

When the human appendix undergoes changes, we face a similar situation with similar demands as the koala. Physically, we make space for our gut symbionts to prepare for processing something indigestible that we can’t change or easily escape, as it represents our home or sole source of survival.

Examples include a child navigating daily life in a “toxic home,” constantly exposed to parental arguments, or confronting an ugly, indigestible (family) issue that’s impossible to ignore. Once it becomes part of our life, we need help processing it.

Appendicitis—the inflammation of the appendix—occurs as a sign of regeneration after the conflict is resolved, with the extra glandular tissue broken down by fungi, accompanied by swelling and, in the second half of the post-resolution phase, thickened secretions.

 

Dementia, Cognitive Decline, Stupefaction, Zombification

Dementia or cognitive decline results from a brainstem constellation.

A brainstem constellation means that “at least one active conflict in a sympathetic state is present on both sides of the brainstem.”

Simply put, among the glandular organs ensuring our survival, one requires heightened function related to “intake,” and another related to “output.”

In other words, we simultaneously experience conflicts affecting our basic functions, both in acquiring resources and in processing or releasing them.

A simple example is, “I have nothing to eat,” and “what I have, I can’t even digest.” This is the state the koala lives in.

Behind the koala’s cute, dim-witted, bear-like appearance lies a brainstem constellation.

Its current state is a “reduced operating mode,” evident in its slow and limited lifestyle, allowing only the maintenance of its most essential life functions.

In the koala’s case, the conflicts behind this constellation primarily stem from food scarcity and its nutrient-poor, toxic diet. Since its sole food source is eucalyptus, the koala had to maximize its utilization while neutralizing toxins. This process heavily taxes its digestive system—liver, intestines, and crucially, the appendix. Even with heightened function, most of its day is spent processing eucalyptus, as it’s awake for only 2-6 hours.

Alongside digestion, its water retention is nearly 100%, supported by the active special program of the kidney collecting ducts. With only a few waking hours, it lacks time and energy to search for water, relying on the leaves to meet its hydration needs.

This brainstem constellation is further supported by biologists’ claims that the ancestors of koalas had brains filling their entire skulls, but in modern koalas, the brain has significantly shrunk. The cranial cavity is 40% cerebrospinal fluid, with “the two hemispheres resembling shriveled walnut halves atop the brainstem.”

This degeneration, or brain atrophy, likely resulted from the energy derived from food barely covering survival needs, while the brainstem alone manages basic functions. With the cortex largely unused, it shrank.

In humans, dementia or cognitive decline is similarly caused by the coexistence of at least two conflicts affecting basic (“morsel”) needs. However, for humans, the palette of basic needs is broader: what or who can’t we live without, and what or who makes our life impossible?

Resolving even one of these conflicts automatically frees the individual from mental disturbance, initiating the regeneration of the glandular tissue of the affected organ, with the extra tissue broken down by fungi.

Recently, dementia has been linked to the aftermath of COVID “infection” waves. In reality, it has no connection to the symptoms of (experienced) respiratory conditions but may relate to the life circumstances created by pandemic-war propaganda. These circumstances typically brought conflicts affecting our basic needs to the forefront,

ranging from fear of death or suffocation due to disease or war (lung glandular tissue),
to withholding expenditures due to dwindling reserves across all areas (kidney collecting ducts),
to shortages of incoming needs like food or fuel (glandular tissues of the upper digestive tract),
and conflicts over the indigestibility of injustices (second half of the small intestine, large intestine)…

 

This text does not aim to be comprehensive; it touches on only part of the topic and serves to understand the biological processes occurring within us and the nature of conflicts. Every person’s life and life path are unique, so the specific triggers should be examined individually, based on the events experienced. How someone copes with their conflicts varies from person to person, and different areas are handled differently depending on the amount of negative experiences or failures accumulated there. Exploring a conflict does not replace medical care.
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