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How Can A Large Bowel Obstruction Be Treated?
I SEEM TO HAVE AN OBSTRUCTION IN THE REGION APPROX SIGMOID FLEXURE.
SUDDEN ONSET OVER A PERIOD OF THREE TO FOUR HOURS.
I AM 82 YRS AND A HEART PATIENT.
I HAVE CHF AND BPH.
I DON'T DRINK COFFEE OR WAT3ER, JUST MILK (ZERO AND 1 % BUTTERFAT).
FRUIT JUICES, SOME SODA, QUININE WATER (TONIC WATER).
I AM TRYING TO DEAL WITH THIS MALADY WHILE TAKING THREE TABS OF FUROSIMIDE.
THE BLOCKAGE CONSTRICTS THE URETHRA, SO VOIDING IS PAINFUL AND DIFFICULT TO INITIALIZE.
I AM WAITING A FEW MORE HOURS UNTIL MY FEW FRIENDS ARE AWAKE TO TAKE ME TO EMERGENCY.
RON HUDSON, 1855 LADD SPRINGS RD SE (HIWAY 313).
BAD PHONE LINES BUT TRY ME AT 423 458 4586L CELL PHONE SOMETIMES WORKS: 331 3993 (IT IS 423).
THANK YOU
SUDDEN ONSET OVER A PERIOD OF THREE TO FOUR HOURS.
I AM 82 YRS AND A HEART PATIENT.
I HAVE CHF AND BPH.
I DON'T DRINK COFFEE OR WAT3ER, JUST MILK (ZERO AND 1 % BUTTERFAT).
FRUIT JUICES, SOME SODA, QUININE WATER (TONIC WATER).
I AM TRYING TO DEAL WITH THIS MALADY WHILE TAKING THREE TABS OF FUROSIMIDE.
THE BLOCKAGE CONSTRICTS THE URETHRA, SO VOIDING IS PAINFUL AND DIFFICULT TO INITIALIZE.
I AM WAITING A FEW MORE HOURS UNTIL MY FEW FRIENDS ARE AWAKE TO TAKE ME TO EMERGENCY.
RON HUDSON, 1855 LADD SPRINGS RD SE (HIWAY 313).
BAD PHONE LINES BUT TRY ME AT 423 458 4586L CELL PHONE SOMETIMES WORKS: 331 3993 (IT IS 423).
THANK YOU
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Wed, 2 Aug 2017
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.
The description you have provided suggestive intestinal obstruction. Get a CT scan of abdomen done to look for the level of obstruction as well as whether it is a tumor or fecal impaction. If the obstruction is not relieved with enema and laxatives , surgery might be the only option. If the general conditions are not suitable for definitive surgery, we will go for minimal procedures like colostomy to relieve the obstruction. Consult a general surgeon and he will direct you accordingly.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
The description you have provided suggestive intestinal obstruction. Get a CT scan of abdomen done to look for the level of obstruction as well as whether it is a tumor or fecal impaction. If the obstruction is not relieved with enema and laxatives , surgery might be the only option. If the general conditions are not suitable for definitive surgery, we will go for minimal procedures like colostomy to relieve the obstruction. Consult a general surgeon and he will direct you accordingly.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
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