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The treatment of fecal impaction requires both the remedy of the impaction and treatment to prevent recurrences. Decreased motility of the colon results in dry, hard stools that in the case of fecal impaction become compacted into a large, hard mass of stool that cannot be expelled from the rectum. [citation needed]
Depending on the level of obstruction, bowel obstruction can present with abdominal pain, abdominal distension, and constipation.Bowel obstruction may be complicated by dehydration and electrolyte abnormalities due to vomiting; respiratory compromise from pressure on the diaphragm by a distended abdomen, or aspiration of vomitus; bowel ischemia or perforation from prolonged distension or ...
A large volume or high enema [50] can be given to cleanse as much of the colon as possible of feces, [51] [52] and the solution administered commonly contains castile soap which irritates the colon's lining resulting in increased urgency to defecate. [53] However, a low enema is generally useful only for stool in the rectum, not in the ...
Vitamin D treatment may be associated with less inflammatory bowel disease reoccurrence of symptoms (relapse). It is not clear if this treatment improves the person's quality of life or what the clinical response to vitamin D treatment. The ideal treatment regime and dose of vitamin D therapy has not been well enough studied. [90]
Stercoral ulcer is an ulcer of the colon due to pressure and irritation resulting from severe, prolonged constipation due to a large bowel obstruction, damage to the autonomic nervous system, or stercoral colitis. It is most commonly located in the sigmoid colon and rectum.
Digestive contents in the gut initially appear green/yellow due to bile made by the liver and secreted by the gallbladder at the start of the small intestine, but this pigment turns brown as it ...
A final option of treatment is available in the form of colorectal surgery. Generally, this option is reserved for only the cases in which cancer development is highly suspected or major internal bleeding from ulcers occurs. In this case the entire colon and rectum are removed which both cures the pancolitis and prevents any chance of colon ...
A human colon is considered abnormally enlarged if it has a diameter greater than 12 cm [3] in the cecum (it is usually less than 9 cm [4]), greater than 6.5 cm [3] in the rectosigmoid region and greater than 8 cm [3] for the ascending colon. The transverse colon is usually less than 6 cm in diameter. [4] A megacolon can be either acute or ...
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