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Alternative Treatments For Small Bowel Obstruction - Articles
Extrinsic Small Bowel Obstruction
by
Neo-Conduit
Posted
Fri 08 May 2009 11:39pm
An interesting article I found. Firstly below is noted the symptoms versus treatment plan. Here is also another article on the treatment and diagnosis of Small Bowel Obstruction.
Partial vs Complete
• Flatus
• Residual colonic gas
above peritoneal
reflection
• Adhesions
• 60-80% resolve with
non-opera ...
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Crohn's disease
by
Dr. Anshu Gupta
Posted
Tue 02 Jun 2009 4:40pm
What Is Crohn's Disease?
Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestines. It primarily causes ulcerations of the small and large intestines, but can affect the digestive system anywhere from the mouth to the anus. It is named after the physician who described the disease in 1932. It also is called granulomatous enter ...
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IBD
by
nitinsyal
Posted
Thu 25 Jun 2009 9:53pm
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an idiopathic disease, probably involving an immune reaction of the body to its own intestinal tract. The 2 major types of IBD are ulcerative colitis and Crohn disease. As the name suggests, ulcerative colitis is limited to the colon; Crohn disease can involve any segment of the gastrointestinal tract from the ...
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Understanding Bowel Obstruction
by
Lauren B.
Posted
Wed 27 Aug 2008 8:33am
The biggest challenge to the digestive system in persons with CF involves the failure of the pancreas to secrete the enzymes necessary to break down food before it reaches the intestines. A number of supplemental synthetic enzymes have been developed by pharmaceutical companies to aid in this process. However, complications can still occur.
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Bowel Obstruction, More surgery 2 weeks later
by
Neo-Conduit
Posted
Fri 08 May 2009 11:40pm
Back to the bowels. Bowel Obstruction continuation. Before I had my C.V.P line changed I had a couple of days previously had a c.t. scan done due to the fact I couldn't move. Yes because of the pain, and want to vomit. I was returned to my room, to later be faced by my consultant later that evening. The nurse had been in and changed my Diet sched ...
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From Toyota to Bowel Obstructions
by
Jessica Muir
Posted
Mon 13 Jun 2011 6:49pm
We had a very eventful, both good and bad last week. The good being that Scott bought his brand new Toyota Tundra and is in LOVE. I'm so over the moon happy for him. He's wanted a truck for so long, and finally treated himself to his dream last week.
Insert the ugly part which is where I thought I may be starting to obstruct while we were ...
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Pee and pooh, and throw in some bowel obstruction.
by
Neo-Conduit
Posted
Fri 08 May 2009 11:40pm
Lets talk about pee(urine). :)
The two catheters from my New Bladder were leaking alot. Not nice. You cant shove a Tena lady on your abdomen. It doesn't matter what kind of wonderful wings they have, they just don't work. So I had some stoma bags added to each puncture site.
So that was five urinary bags all up including the bags from the k ...
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LET'S TALK ABOUT...DIARRHEA, PT. 2
by
Helpful Buckeye

Posted
Sun 18 Nov 2012 12:00am
How many of you will be going "over the river and through the woods" this week for the Thanksgiving holiday? Desperado and Helpful Buckeye will be at the home of some very dear friends here in Flagstaff for Thanksgiving dinner...something we've alternated years on for quite some time. Friends and family are important all through ...
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