Intestinal obstruction

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

• Abdominal swelling
• Constipation
• Severe abdominal cramps
• Intermittent abdominal cramps
• Vomiting

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Medical Textbooks Online about Intestinal obstruction

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Diagnostic Tests for Intestinal obstruction

• Physical examination
• 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 »

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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

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Statistics for Intestinal obstruction

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Types of Intestinal obstruction

• Intussusception

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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)