Question 1

what is fluid filled dialted bowel  loops and how it cause?

Accepted Answer

Obstruction : That radiologic finding is usually a result of a bowel obstruction, but can also be seen sometimes in severe diarrhea. When the bowel is blocked the secretions from your intestines and stomach cannot pass into the colon where the liquid is reabsorbed. This cause the fluid to fill the bowel and stretch it.

Question 2

what are mildly descending non dilated air filled loops around small bowel?

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: Your description suggests small bowel or colon wrapped on the small intestine. No obstruction . No intussception. I can only tell you that there is air in the bowel. Other than this, one needs t o see the X-ray. Hope it helps.

Question 3

what are mildly descending non dilated air filled loops around small bowel? this was stated on my x ray?

Accepted Answer

: It is probably talking about the ascending colon, there is air in the colon like in gas. It does not mean anything specifically just talking about report of the X ray and probably because they did not have more information of why the X ray was done could not give a conclusion. The colon has ascending arm and descending arm. Gas in the colon made by bacteria may cause gas pain.

Question 4

i have mild descending non dilated air loops around small bowel. is this scar tissue? i had gallbladder surgery?

Accepted Answer

: The X-ray reading if correctly written down from the official report does not make sense. I assume you meant the adhesion from previous abdominal surgery, especially if you had open cholecystectomy not laparoscopic method. Yes, a late complication of abdominal surgery can be ileus due to adhesion.

Question 5

what does this means on my x-ray? nonobstructive bowel gas pattern with no dilated loops of small bowel. gas is seen in the colon and rectum. there is a moderate to large amount of stool, mixed with gas, in the rectum means?

Accepted Answer

: The radiologists who read films get fussed at if they say "normal". My interpretation of the words = normal study with lots of poop.

Question 6

whipple 8/15. severe upper left abd pain, recurrent fever (103), & acute pancreatitis in past 3 weeks. ct says multiple non dilated small bowel loops in abd & pelvis - says gastroenteritis. other possibilities? drs gave no answer for recurrent fever.

Accepted Answer

Fever: The intestinal loop pattern is nonspecific, in my opinion. I would be concerned about an intraabdominal abscess formation. I recommend that an abdominal surgeon be conducting your care with close collaboration of a gastroenterologist and a radiologist who can suggest other imaging studies likely to shed light on your case. An exploratory operation may be required,however if antibiotics don't help.

Question 7

is it true that a contracted abdomenal viscera causes the pupils to be more dilated and a more slack abdomen causes the pupils to be more constricted?

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Intriguing: Abdominal muscle contraction would occur in animals involved in fight or flight (sympathetic response) as would pupillary dilation in order to see more.  Relaxation (think rest, digestion, orgasm, & bladder & bowel evacuation) is a parasympathetic response; associated with reduced pupillary dilation.  So is not so much one causes other, but that these effects would be aligned.  Very interesting.

Question 8

i had a procd were an incion was made.were.my gallbladder emptys n bowel duct dilated nov 2011 ruq stomach spasms /pain modeterate. gallbladder gone?

Accepted Answer

Please clarify: Please clarify what your question is. I am not sure what procedure you are describing in nov 2011 (perhaps a sphincterotomy?). Are you asking if your gallbladder is gone? Regardless, it sounds like you may be having a gallstone problem or something else. Please see your doctor.

Question 9

i've got cd and my s bowel is dilated and mulitable strictures in both l and s. on lr diet and infliximab plus more. does cola harm the bowel?

Accepted Answer

Not so much harm: The bigger concern with cola, and in general carbonated beverages, is the gas and bloating associated with the carbonation.  There is some suggestion that soda might trigger flares but there isn't really any great data in regards to this.

Question 10

what does "bowel gas pattern is abnormal with dilated gas-filled small bowel, mostly in the left upper quadrant. gas is present within the colon" mean?

Accepted Answer

Xray read: It means that there is a suggestion on plain film of the abdomen that there could be a small bowel obstruction/ partial obstruction or ilieus (temporary paralysis of the bowel).  Depends on the clinical situation but that there is gas in the colon is somewhat assuring.  Ask the doctor who ordered the film to go over the findings with you.

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What is fluid filled dialted bowel loops and how it cause?

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What are mildly descending non dilated air filled loops around small bowel?

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What are mildly descending non dilated air filled loops around small bowel? this was stated on my x ray?

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I have mild descending non dilated air loops around small bowel. is this scar tissue? i had gallbladder surgery?

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What does this means on my x-ray? nonobstructive bowel gas pattern with no dilated loops of small bowel. gas is seen in the colon and rectum. there is a moderate to large amount of stool, mixed with gas, in the rectum means?

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Whipple 8/15. severe upper left abd pain, recurrent fever (103), & acute pancreatitis in past 3 weeks. ct says multiple non dilated small bowel loops in abd & pelvis - says gastroenteritis. other possibilities? drs gave no answer for recurrent fever.

A member asked:

Is it true that a contracted abdomenal viscera causes the pupils to be more dilated and a more slack abdomen causes the pupils to be more constricted?

A member asked:

I had a procd were an incion was made.were.my gallbladder emptys n bowel duct dilated nov 2011 ruq stomach spasms /pain modeterate. gallbladder gone?

A member asked:

I've got cd and my s bowel is dilated and mulitable strictures in both l and s. on lr diet and infliximab plus more. does cola harm the bowel?

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What does "bowel gas pattern is abnormal with dilated gas-filled small bowel, mostly in the left upper quadrant. gas is present within the colon" mean?

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