| Obstructions in the bowel are blockages in the | | | | green vomit and inability to pass their first stool, |
| intestine. They have been said to prevent gas, | | | | which is of meconium, which is thick, and |
| solids and fluids from going through the normal | | | | greenish-black in color. |
| process in the digestive tract. The obstructions | | | | Treatment of bowel obstructions generally takes |
| can be a result of different factors, including | | | | place in the hospital, so the patient can be |
| surgery issues, hernias, cancer, twisting of the | | | | monitored carefully using the facility’s |
| intestine, or diverticulitis. | | | | technology. The patient usually cannot eat or drink |
| There are different symptoms of this ailment, | | | | and will receive intravenous fluids to keep blood |
| including cramping abdominal pain, nausea and | | | | pressure at a normal rate. There also can be a |
| vomiting, inability to pass gas or a bowel | | | | nose-inserted tube, which reaches the stomach. |
| movement, and bloating. If there is suspicion of a | | | | The tube removes fluids and gas, and can relieve |
| bowel obstruction in the body, a physician should | | | | the patient of pain and pressure caused from the |
| be consulted for evaluation and possible treatment | | | | obstruction. |
| as soon as possible. | | | | Nonsurgical treatments are done for partial |
| Bowel obstructions can be large or small. | | | | obstructions, but large obstructions need surgery. |
| Cancer-caused blockages generally produce | | | | Obstructions can recur. |
| symptoms including blood in the stool, weakness, | | | | Hopefully this brief article has give you a helpful |
| weight loss and a decreased appetite. Newborns | | | | overview of bowel obstruction symptoms, signs, |
| can get bowel obstructions as well as older | | | | and treatment options. |
| people, but their symptoms are more specific to | | | | |