Question 1

how do people treat bowel perforation?

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Bowel perforation: Treatment is mostly by surgery if patient has peritonitis. If diverticulitis causes a perforation sometimes long term antibiotics are needed, and surgery may be avoided.

Question 2

what are the tests for bowel perforation?

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Physical examination: Intestinal perforation is a very serious and life threatening condition that requires immediate physical examination by a doctor. This is an emergency situation. Blood tests, x-ray, and ct scan are likely the first tests performed.

Question 3

for how long can someone live with a bowel perforation?

Accepted Answer

A few painful days: A perforation of the bowel, by any cause, usually causes leakage of intestinal fluid into the abdomen around the intestine.  A very severe infection starts rapidly that typically leads to a painful death in only a few days.  Operation to repair the perforation and clean out the infection as well as antibiotics are usually needed.

Question 4

what is the definition or description of: bowel perforation?

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A hole...: ...that penetrates through the gut (typically large bowel or colon) resulting either as a complication of infection (e.g. diverticular rupture) or of a bowel procedure (like colonoscopy). Sometimes conservatively managed, but often a surgical emergency.

Question 5

what symptoms does someone with bowel perforation always have?

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Pain: Usually severe abdominal pain either localized or diffusely thru the abdomen, fever, distention of the abdomen qand a change in bowels. If in doubt go to pcp or er and get an xray or ct scan. The sooner it is diagnosed and treated the better you will.

Question 6

how long can someone have a bowel perforation and be unaware of it?

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Most will be aware: Generally a bowel perforation causes peritonitis and severe symptoms. On occasion a small perforation can become walled off and not cause peritonitis but it still would cause symptoms in most, but not all, cases. Patients on corticosteroid medication can have a "silent" perforation. The very elderly and patients debilitated by other illness may also have "silent" perforations.

Question 7

what are some warning signs of bowel perforation? especially if it's minor, like a small hole or tear?

Accepted Answer

Abdominal pain : It all depends whether it is stomach, small bowel or  large bowel. Most of them will present with a quite severe abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, fever in an otherwise healthy patient. Most of these patients will end up in the hospital quickly due to the pain. The symptoms may be much les prominent in an immunocompromised patients.

Question 8

what to do if i'm afraid of losing my natural flora and also of bowel perforation. how likely are these risks?

Accepted Answer

Unlikely: These are unlikely scenarios if your bowel is otherwise healthy, you do not have inflammatory bowel disease, take antibiotics chronically, or are  being treated with chemotherapy. Eating sensibly allows the body to keep its natural bowel flora in balance.

Question 9

bowel perforation outlook good after tubal?

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Yes: Assuming the perforation was recognized and treated promptly, the outlook is fine.

Question 10

explain the condition called a bowel perforation.?

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See Below: A bowel perforation is when a hole is formed or created in the small intestine. When this occurs, bowel contents (such as stool) leak into the abdominal cavity. This is almost always a surgical emergency. A perforation can happen for many reasons. Surgery is generally required to fix the hole and clear the abdomen of infection and stool.

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