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Intestinal Obstruction
Alternate Names : Bowel Obstruction, Ileus, Intestinal Volvulus, Paralytic Ileus, Pseudo-Obstruction - Intestinal
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Intestinal Obstruction Diagnosis & Tests
While listening to the abdomen with a stethoscope your health care provider may hear high-pitched bowel sounds at the onset of mechanical obstruction. If the obstruction has persisted for too long or the bowel has been significantly damaged, bowel sounds decrease, eventually becoming silent.
Early paralytic ileus is marked by decreased or absent bowel sound.
Tests that show obstruction include:
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• Definition
• Intestinal Obstruction Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
• Intestinal Obstruction Symptoms & Signs
• Intestinal Obstruction Prevention
• Intestinal Obstruction Diagnosis & Tests
• Intestinal Obstruction Treatment
• Intestinal Obstruction Prognosis
• Intestinal Obstruction Complications
• Calling Your Health Care Provider
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Topics that might be of interest to you Diseases & Conditions
• Adhesion
• Cholelithiasis
• Crohn's Disease
• Intussusception (Children)
• Peritonitis
• Pneumonia
• Tumor
• Viral Gastroenteritis
Tests & Exams
• Abdominal Film
• Barium Enema
• CHEM-20
• Upper GI and Small Bowel Series
Other Topics
• Abdomen - Swollen
• Abdominal Pain
• Abdominal Sounds
• Breath Odor
• Constipation
• Diarrhea
• Gas/Flatus - Excessive
• Groin Lump
• Malignancy
• Nausea and Vomiting
Review Date : 11/7/2002
Reviewed By : Jenifer K. Lehrer, M.D., Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, and Timothy Cruz, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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