Small Bowel Obstruction Surgery
- Bowel Obstruction
- What Is It? & Symptoms
- Diagnosis & Expected Duration
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Diagnosis
To diagnose a bowel obstruction, your doctor will need to feel and listen to your abdomen and feel inside your rectum. A blockage in the intestine is confirmed by X-rays of your abdomen, which show gas and liquid bowel contents above the area of the blockage, but no gas below the blockage. Blood tests must be done to check for dehydration or loss of electrolytes (such as sodium and potassium) if your symptoms have included vomiting.
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Small bowel bacterial overgrowth
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