Question:
What are the signs/symptions for bowel obstruction/kinked bowel?
What are the symptoms of a bowel obstruction or a kinked bowel? How often,if at all, do you have a b/m with this? Is constipation and very hard stool movement a sign? Is it the same as an impacted bowel? Or is that something different? I drink 90+ ounces of water per day. When I had a catscan on my kidney in Feb. 2004, they mentioned my upper bowel seemed full. Didn't think anything about it till today. I am on Vicoden for hand surgeries, and had a HORRIBLE time with b/m today. Thought for sure I was dying and my whole insides were coming through. Sorry, to be graphic, but I need some quick answers because it is the weekend. I took the Fleet bowel prep, which help somewhat. Thanks AMOS land. Kathy.....Open RNY Proximal......June 23, 2003....295/183/175.......T/T scheduled for June 21, 2004:):):) — Kathy R. (posted on May 15, 2004)
May 15, 2004
There is a difference between a bowel obstruction and a bowel impaction.I
do know that vicodin can cause constipation or diarrhea.
— jennifer A.
May 15, 2004
I had a bowel obstruction 2 weeks after my RNY surgery due to scar tissue.
I vomited and had diarrhea throughout the night for nearly 12 hours
straight until I could get to the ER.I was never so sick in my life nor
could I believe how much I could vomit! I believe your problem is the pain
killer. After I had my daughter ( 51 hours of labor and tons of pain
killers ) I didn't poop for 2 weeks! Good luck.--Adele
— Adele R.
May 16, 2004
I had a kinked bowel and it started out as a feeling of horrible gas pains
that would not go away. I had diarrhea really bad and after being in the ER
on iv fluids and morphine I started throwing up they did a ultrasound and
didn't see anything (they thought I had a bad gallbladder) I ended up being
transfered to the hospital that originally did my surgery and seeing that
surgeon who ordered a cat scan and found the kink and did lap surgery to
fix it. The pain ranked right up there with hard labor.
— kelly M.
May 16, 2004
From what I know of vicodin that could be your whole problem. It is very
much known for causing constipation. You need to ask your dr. about giving
you something different for your pain. Hope it all clears up.
— Angel E.
May 16, 2004
You would be looking for distended abdomen,pain, cramping,vomiting and
liquid diarrhea.You may need to take a stool softener. I take Colace 100 mg
twice a day. It makes a world of difference. Do you get enough fiber? My
surgeon lets us use Benefiber. It is great and can be mixed in water, juice
or food. No gritty taste either.
— dianne E.
May 16, 2004
— Jonathan F.
May 16, 2004
Kathy, don't mess around with this. If you don't feel better in 24 hours
call your doctor and tell him all of the symptoms that you have listed
here.
Yes, prescription narcotics are known to cause constipation. But, call
your doc any way!
Take care.
— saras
May 16, 2004
I suffered from a horrendous strangulated internal mesenteric hernia (a
bowel obstruction caused by the lap portal holes in the mesentary - as the
weight came off, the internal fat decreased and the holes expanded. Yup -
my intestines got caught inside!). I had two incidents previous to that in
which I had sudden, severe abdominal pain and got very dizzy - almost
passing out. Once I went to the local ER. They did tests and couldn't
find anything. It is very difficult to diagnose and can be deadly. I
finally got transferred to my surgeon's hospital (I requested this
immediately upon going to my local ER, but it took almost 24 hours to get
me there - on the verge of death). I had emergency surgery and had about
3-5 feet of small intestines removed because it was necrotic. It was the
WORST pain in the world. When it is stuck and totally blocked, it will
send you to the ER, no mistaking it. I threw up twice (something I never
do). Sometimes the bowel can be 'coaxed back' into an untwisted position.
In my case, it got stuck in a hole, so I think surgery was a given. It
isn't easy to see even on ctscans. I've also experienced severe
constipation - not to the point of imapaction, but pretty bad. My surgeon
recommended milk of magnesia -- even an enema or suppository (to be used
sparingly). Then, Colace to keep regular. I would get this checked out -
I hope you feel better~ All the best, Teresa
— Teresa N.
May 17, 2004
The vicodan might be causing constipation which can be very painful..I had
a kinked bowel 5 days after WLS. I was throwing up non-stop EVERYTHING
until just bile was coming up. It was very painful and a horrendous
experience requiring emergency surgery to correct.
— Cindy R.
May 17, 2004
I had the same problem with the vicoden, be careful I had to go to the
hospital didn't go for 2 weeks I thought I was going to explode. Try
senekot its a vegtable laxative I take it every day beacause I also take 3
iron pills a day and that keeps me regular
— Cindi A.
May 18, 2004
Vomiting, distended belly (swollen), abdominal pain, diarrhea, constipation
or both (yes, that can occur). Very active bowel sounds (gurgling) or NO
bowel sounds at all. Call your doctor please.
Diane RN
WeightlossSurgery.ws
— DianeN
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