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Suggest Treatment For Bowel Obstruction

My husband visited our PCP on Tuesday of this week. An x-ray revealed stool in his intestine. Two bottles of mag citrate have produced very little result and he is being sent for a CT scan tomorrow. Is this a bowel obstruction? He is in pain and has elevated blood pressure along with this (he never has elevated BP)....what are the treatments for a bowel obstruction? He is still having some liquid stool passing around the blockage/obstruction. More information, please? We are frightened.
Mon, 24 Aug 2015
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This sounds like Obstipation with diarrhoea around the blockage. Yes the stools softeners and enemas may relieve the blockage but he may need manual dis-impaction, in the future watch the diet, increase fluids, fruits and vegetables, it really works.
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Suggest Treatment For Bowel Obstruction

This sounds like Obstipation with diarrhoea around the blockage. Yes the stools softeners and enemas may relieve the blockage but he may need manual dis-impaction, in the future watch the diet, increase fluids, fruits and vegetables, it really works.