To answer your question, I think the same holds for Western Europe. Without having appendicitis, there is little chance that a surgeon will just go for the operation.
I guess medical ethics are more or less the same everywhere.
I didn't know the same symptoms could be connected to anxiety.
When COVID19 came, I started having symptoms similar to its symptoms. I was almost certain I had the virus at some point. That's to show you the extent of my anxieties, sometimes
Yeah... we are too anxious those days (I am not, as a very positive person in all circumstances, even the most dramatic ones).