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Introduction: Intestinal obstruction
Intestinal obstruction: Blockage in the intestines of the digestive tract. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Intestinal obstruction is available below.
Symptoms of Intestinal obstruction
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Medical Textbooks Online about Intestinal obstruction
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Diagnostic Tests for Intestinal obstruction
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- Barium enema - this test may also actually resolve the condition in some cases.
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Intestinal obstruction?
- Misdiagnosis of Intestinal obstruction
- Underlying causes of Intestinal obstruction (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
Misdiagnosis and Intestinal obstruction
Chronic digestive conditions often misdiagnosed: When diagnosing chronic symptoms of the digestive tract, there are a variety of conditions that may be misdiagnosed. The best known, ...read more »
Intestinal bacteria disorder may be hidden cause: One of the lesser known causes of diarrhea is an imbalance of bacterial in the gut, sometimes called ...read more »
Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics kill off...read more »
Food poisoning may actually be an infectious disease: Many people who come down with "stomach symptoms" like diarrhea assume that it's "something I ate" (i.e. food poisoning). In...read more »
Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over-diagnosed (it can, of course, also fail to be diagnosed...read more »
Celiac disease often fails to be diagnosed cause of chronic digestive symptoms: One of the most common chronic digestive conditions is celiac disease, a malabsorption disorder with a variety of symptoms (see symptoms of celiac disease). A...read more »
Chronic digestive diseases hard to diagnose: There is an inherent difficulty in diagnosing the various types of chronic digestive diseases. Some...read more »
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Causes of Intestinal obstruction
- Abdominal tumor (see Abdominal symptoms)
- Bowel cancer
- Scar tissue
- Adhesions
- Hernia
See full list of 15 causes of Intestinal obstruction
More information about causes of Intestinal obstruction:
- Medications, drugs, or substances causing Intestinal obstruction (37 listings)
- Drug interactions causing Intestinal obstruction (72 listings)
- Underlying causes of Intestinal obstruction
- Intestinal obstruction as a complication caused by other conditions
- Intestinal obstruction as a symptom
Treatments for Intestinal obstruction
- Emergency medical treatment
- Surgery
- Barium enema - this test may also actually resolve the condition in some cases.
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Reseach about Intestinal obstruction
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Clinical Trials for Intestinal obstruction
The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Intestinal obstruction include:
- Outcome of Palliative Management of Malignant Large Bowel Obstruction w/Colorectal Stents or Surgery - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
- Seprafilm in the Reduction of Incidence of Bowel Obstruction in General Surgery - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
- Efficacy and Safety of Lanreotide Microparticles as Palliative Treatment in Peritoneal Carcinomatosis - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Lanreotide (microparticle formulation)
- Value of CT-Scan and Oral Gastrografin in the Management of Post Operative Small Bowel Obstruction - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
- Naloxone in Treating Constipation in Patients Who Are Receiving Opioids for Chronic Pain - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - naloxone
See full list of 16 Clinical Trials for Intestinal obstruction
Statistics for Intestinal obstruction
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Types of Intestinal obstruction
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Definitions of Intestinal obstruction:
Blockage of the intestine (especially the ileum) that prevents the contents of the intestine from passing to the lower bowel - (Source - WordNet 2.1)
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- CONSTIPATION (Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs)
- Constipation (In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)
- Constipation (In A Page: Pediatric Signs and Symptoms)
- CONSTIPATION (Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care)
- Bowel sounds, hypoactive (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Breath with fecal odor (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Constipation (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Constipation (A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)
- Intestinal obstruction (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Bowel sounds, hypoactive (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Breath with fecal odor (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Constipation (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Constipation (The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter)
- Constipation (Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis)
- Intestinal obstruction (Handbook of Diseases)
- Chronic constipation (Handbook of Diseases)
- Breath odor, fecal (Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series)
- Bowel sounds, hypoactive (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Breath with fecal odor (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Constipation (Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)
- Constipation (The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics)
- Bowel sounds, hypoactive (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
- Breath with fecal odor (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
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