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Bowel obstruction is not a easy field to get one’s head around. It is a vast and complex medical science with a mile long list of possible causes and terminology. Bare with me as I try and simplify it a bit.
Bowel obstructions can be partial (a small portion of the bowels are open) or complete (bowels are completely blocked) . It is often wrongly diagnosed as gastroenteritis.
How can one tell the difference between a obstruction and gastroenteritis? Not easily. The symptoms of a bowel obstruction are very similar to gastroenteritis and could be the following.
- Persistent vomiting
- No stools – Often the case in complete obstructions
- Diarrhea
- Gas
- Distention of the stomach.(Bloated stomach)
- Tender stomach
- Foul breath.
- Irritability OR lethargic mental status – depending on the type of obstruction.
- Colic. A child pulls up his legs and screams in pain.
- Fever
Symptoms also vary according to where the obstruction is located, for example in the small or large intestines. Bowel obstruction can only be confirmed by doing a X-ray of a child’s abdomen. Other means of diagnosing a bowel obstruction are blood tests, CT scans, Barium enemas and Ultrasounds.
Often a physician only becomes suspicious of a diagnoses of gastroenteritis when a child’s symptoms persist longer than would be expected. This means valuable time is wasted in treating this emergency situation.