Intestinal obstruction
Intestinal obstruction: Introduction
Intestinal obstruction: Any obstruction that occurs in the gastrointestinal system.
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Causes of Intestinal obstruction:
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- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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Intestinal obstruction: Undiagnosed Conditions
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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...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 not only "bad" bacteria,
but can...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...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 of the better known possibilities are peptic ulcer, colon cancer, irritable bowel...read more »
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Intestinal obstruction: Related Rare Diseases
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Home Diagnostic Testing and Intestinal obstruction
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Medications or substances causing Intestinal obstruction:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Intestinal obstruction as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
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medications causing Intestinal obstruction
Drug interactions causing Intestinal obstruction:
When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react
causing Intestinal obstruction as a symptom.
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including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
- Diphenhydramine and Phenothiazine interaction
- Acetaminophen-PM and Phenothiazine interaction
- AID to Sleep and Phenothiazine interaction
- Allerdryl and Phenothiazine interaction
- Allergy Capsules and Phenothiazine interaction
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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)
Detailed list of causes of Intestinal obstruction
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How Common are these Causes of Intestinal obstruction?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases,
not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Intestinal obstruction.
Of the 57
causes of Intestinal obstruction that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 0
causes are "very common" diseases
- 2
causes are "common" diseases
- 2
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 0
causes are "rare" diseases
- 6
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 50
causes have no prevalence information.
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causes of Intestinal obstruction
Conditions listing symptoms: Intestinal obstruction:
The following list of conditions
have 'Intestinal obstruction' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
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of any symptom.
A
Abdominal chemodectomas with cutaneous angiolipomas
... intestinal obstructionAbdominal cystic lymphangioma
... intestinal obstructionC
Cast syndrome
... intestinal obstructionCholestasis - pigmentary retinopathy - cleft palate
... intestinal obstructionChromosome 1, uniparental disomy 1q12 q21
... Intestinal obstructionChromosome 1p deletion syndrome
... intestinal obstructionCurrarino triad
... intestinal obstructionD
Desmoid disease, hereditary
... intestinal obstructionDigestive duplication
... intestinal obstructionF
Familial Colorectal Cancer
... Intestinal obstructionFasciolopsiasis
... intestinal obstructionH
Hardikar syndrome
... intestinal obstructionHereditary colorectal cancer
... Intestinal obstructionHereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer
... Intestinal obstructionHeterophyiasis
... intestinal obstructionI
Intestinal pseudoobstruction chronic idiopathic
... intestinal obstructionK
Kaposiform hemangio-endothelioma
... intestinal obstructionL
Lymphangiomas
... intestinal obstructionM
McKusick-Kaufman syndrome
... intestinal obstructionMental retardation, X-linked, Reish type
... intestinal obstructionMSI-H colorectal cancer
... Intestinal obstructionMSI-L colorectal cancer
... Intestinal obstructionMSS colorectal cancer
... Intestinal obstructionN
Neurofibromatosis, familial intestinal
... intestinal obstructionS
Small intestine diverticulosis
... Intestinal obstruction
Conditions listing complications: Intestinal obstruction:
The following list of conditions
have 'Intestinal obstruction' or similar
listed as a complication in our database.
The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear,
and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.
A
Adenophorea Infections
... intestinal obstructionC
Colonic diverticulosis
... intestinal obstructionColonic malakoplakia
... intestinal obstructionColonic volvulus
... intestinal obstructionD
De Lange 1
... intestinal obstructionDiphyllobothrium latum infection
... intestinal obstructionDipylidiasis
... intestinal obstructionF
Familial Mediterranean fever
... intestinal obstructionO
Oesophagostomiasis
... intestinal obstructionP
Peptic Ulcer
... intestinal obstructionR
Rectractile mesenteritis
... intestinal obstructionS
Small intestine diverticulosis
... Intestinal obstruction
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Causes of Intestinal obstruction Based on Risk Factors
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on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
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Medical Conditions associated with Intestinal obstruction:
Digestive symptoms (4367 causes)
Symptoms related to Intestinal obstruction:
Abdominal pain (2090 causes), Stomach pain (28 causes), Intestinal symptoms (4367 causes), Abdominal symptoms (3099 causes), Abdominal vomiting, Dilated bowel loops, Nasogastric intubation, Bilous vomiting, Adhesions, Strangulated hernia
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