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How To Treat The Moving Air Pocket In The Stomach Caused After An Accident?
I have a problem where what feels like a pocket of air is inside my chest and stomach and it moves around and causes pain I was told after a serious car accident that it was a air pocket??? Has been going on almost 3 years now and lately its getting worse
Mon, 21 Apr 2014
Hi. This is a classical sign of an intestinal obstruction (sub-acute).
A simple X-ray in standing position may diagnose this and confirm with barium or preferably ''enteroclysis '' examination .
It may need a surgery if the constricting cause is narrow.
This happened due to a contusion to the intestine at the time of an accident followed by a stricture formation as a result of over-healing.
A simple X-ray in standing position may diagnose this and confirm with barium or preferably ''enteroclysis '' examination .
It may need a surgery if the constricting cause is narrow.
This happened due to a contusion to the intestine at the time of an accident followed by a stricture formation as a result of over-healing.
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