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My Mom Is 82 And Had Notnhad A Bowel Movement
Question: My mom is 82 and had notnhad a bowel movement for 5 days- eventually on the 6th day she passed stools , 2 medium size stools- they seemed hard - its been 2 days and has not had a bowel movement again. in addition, she has thrown up- what seems like saliva (clear) and has abdominal pain and back pain.
Brief Answer:
Consuderation
Detailed Answer:
hello and thank you for sending a question.
I’m sorry to hear that your mom is not feeling well. From what you describe it is possible that she may be experiencing intermittent intestinal obstruction.
If she has abdominal pain with continued nausea and or vomiting I would recommend that you consider bringing her to Lokal emergency Department for immediate evaluation. The doctors in the emergency room can’t perform simple examination and simple imaging to determine if you might have some type of obstruction.
thank you again for sending the question,
Dr. Galamaga
Consuderation
Detailed Answer:
hello and thank you for sending a question.
I’m sorry to hear that your mom is not feeling well. From what you describe it is possible that she may be experiencing intermittent intestinal obstruction.
If she has abdominal pain with continued nausea and or vomiting I would recommend that you consider bringing her to Lokal emergency Department for immediate evaluation. The doctors in the emergency room can’t perform simple examination and simple imaging to determine if you might have some type of obstruction.
thank you again for sending the question,
Dr. Galamaga
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Dr. Raju A.T
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she also has back pain - is that associated with Intermittent Intestinal onstruction?
she also has back pain - is that associated with Intermittent Intestinal onstruction?
Brief Answer:
Followup
Detailed Answer:
hello again. The back pain may be associated with bowel obstruction. It could also be musculoskeletal. It is hard to connect back pain with anything else directly.
Thank you again for sending a question. I hope your mom feels better soon.
Dr. Galamaga
Followup
Detailed Answer:
hello again. The back pain may be associated with bowel obstruction. It could also be musculoskeletal. It is hard to connect back pain with anything else directly.
Thank you again for sending a question. I hope your mom feels better soon.
Dr. Galamaga
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Dr. Nagamani Ng
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