If you feel severe pain in the stomach and inability to pass gas or stool outside the body, this may be an indication of your bowel obstruction, know more of the symptoms and causes of the disease in the article.
Bowel obstruction is a disorder that prevents the transfer of waste resulting from the process of digestion naturally, and the blockage occurs in different parts of the intestine, may be in the minute or large, or in the colon, and others.
What causes bowel obstruction?
There are several reasons that can lead to intestinal obstruction:
1- Functional reasons (mechanical)
Functional obstructions often occur in the small intestine, and their causes are as follows:
Adhesions: which are the result of fibrous tissue that can develop after any surgery in the abdomen or pelvis or after acute inflammation.
Intestinal torsion
Bowel abnormalities: especially in neonates, but can also occur in adolescents due to malnutrition.
Tumors: occurring inside the small intestine
Gallstones: But they rarely cause obstruction.
Hernia: An intestinal hernia is the most common type, where the intestine penetrates the weak area of the abdominal wall, causing obstruction.
Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn 's disease).
Mechanical obstructions may also occur in the large intestine, which may be caused by:
Feces
Adhesions from pelvic inflammatory or surgical procedures
ovarian cancer
Colon Cancer
Inflammation of the large intestine.
Stenosis in the colon caused by scarring or inflammation
Radiation in the abdomen.
Non-functional causes (nonmechanical)
The small and large intestine works within an integrated movement system to perform the absorption process ideally, but there may be a defect in the movement may cause intestinal obstruction is not functional, and its causes:
Surgery in the abdomen or pelvis
Gastroenteritis or appendicitis
Some medications including opioid drugs
Electrolyte imbalance in the body.
How do you know if you have an intestinal obstruction?
Bowel obstruction causes a wide range of uncomfortable symptoms by which you can tell if you are infected or not:
Stomach ache
Lack of appetite
nausea
vomiting
Inability to pass gas or feces
Constipation or diarrhea
Swelling in the abdomen
Severe abdominal cramps.
Some symptoms may depend on location and period of blockage: for example, vomiting is an early sign of small bowel obstruction, this may also occur with large bowel obstruction.
Partial obstruction may lead to diarrhea, while a complete blockage can lead to an inability to pass gas or stool.Complications of intestinal obstruction
Intestinal obstruction can cause serious life-threatening complications, including:
Tissue death: Bowel obstruction can cut the supply of blood to a part of your intestines, resulting in a deficiency that causes the death of the intestinal wall or tissue.
Peritonitis is the medical term for infection in the abdominal cavity, a serious condition that may cause death, so it is best to visit the doctor when it occurs.
Bowel obstruction is a disorder that prevents the transfer of waste resulting from the process of digestion naturally, and the blockage occurs in different parts of the intestine, may be in the minute or large, or in the colon, and others.
What causes bowel obstruction?
There are several reasons that can lead to intestinal obstruction:
1- Functional reasons (mechanical)
Functional obstructions often occur in the small intestine, and their causes are as follows:
Adhesions: which are the result of fibrous tissue that can develop after any surgery in the abdomen or pelvis or after acute inflammation.
Intestinal torsion
Bowel abnormalities: especially in neonates, but can also occur in adolescents due to malnutrition.
Tumors: occurring inside the small intestine
Gallstones: But they rarely cause obstruction.
Hernia: An intestinal hernia is the most common type, where the intestine penetrates the weak area of the abdominal wall, causing obstruction.
Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn 's disease).
Mechanical obstructions may also occur in the large intestine, which may be caused by:
Feces
Adhesions from pelvic inflammatory or surgical procedures
ovarian cancer
Colon Cancer
Inflammation of the large intestine.
Stenosis in the colon caused by scarring or inflammation
Radiation in the abdomen.
Non-functional causes (nonmechanical)
The small and large intestine works within an integrated movement system to perform the absorption process ideally, but there may be a defect in the movement may cause intestinal obstruction is not functional, and its causes:
Surgery in the abdomen or pelvis
Gastroenteritis or appendicitis
Some medications including opioid drugs
Electrolyte imbalance in the body.
How do you know if you have an intestinal obstruction?
Bowel obstruction causes a wide range of uncomfortable symptoms by which you can tell if you are infected or not:
Stomach ache
Lack of appetite
nausea
vomiting
Inability to pass gas or feces
Constipation or diarrhea
Swelling in the abdomen
Severe abdominal cramps.
Some symptoms may depend on location and period of blockage: for example, vomiting is an early sign of small bowel obstruction, this may also occur with large bowel obstruction.
Partial obstruction may lead to diarrhea, while a complete blockage can lead to an inability to pass gas or stool.Complications of intestinal obstruction
Intestinal obstruction can cause serious life-threatening complications, including:
Tissue death: Bowel obstruction can cut the supply of blood to a part of your intestines, resulting in a deficiency that causes the death of the intestinal wall or tissue.
Peritonitis is the medical term for infection in the abdominal cavity, a serious condition that may cause death, so it is best to visit the doctor when it occurs.
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