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What Causes Chronic Constipation?
i have had abdominals xrays all week due to svere constaption.all views were taken taken from a disatance from the xray or lying down.today they xrayed my abdomen like a chest xray with my abdomanen against the board like when you do a chest xray with your chest against the board.can they view the entire abdomen as well no one has done it this way before.all week i have had these done and i never had abdomen pressed on standupo table.
Fri, 31 Aug 2018
Hi,
You had X-ray abdomen standing. This is done to rule out intestinal obstruction. In standing abdominal x-ray, if multiple air-fluid levels are seen then the possibility of intestinal obstruction is more likely. And chronic constipation is one of the reasons for intestinal obstruction. So you are going in the right direction.
Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further.
You had X-ray abdomen standing. This is done to rule out intestinal obstruction. In standing abdominal x-ray, if multiple air-fluid levels are seen then the possibility of intestinal obstruction is more likely. And chronic constipation is one of the reasons for intestinal obstruction. So you are going in the right direction.
Hope I have solved your query. I will be happy to help you further.
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