Question 1

what does peristalsing bowel mean?

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Moving bowel: Sometimes physician listens to abdomen with stethoscope and hears bowel making noise of normal movement or peristalysis. Sometimes if very hungry sounds can be heard related to bowel motion. It is normal for bowel to make some noise when peristalses. No bowel sounds mean bowel is staying completely still sometimes called paralytic ileum. High pitched sounds can be heard in bowel obstruction.

Question 2

what does sticky bowel mean?

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See below: Sticky bowel is not  medical term.

Question 3

what does a home bowel cleanse mean?

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As it sounds: You give youself an enema. No magic. Unless you're super-constipated, it's a dumb idea.

Question 4

what is mean by change in bowel habit?

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Change in : Frequency, consistency, caliber, color of bowel movement. Or new findings such as discomfort with voiding or blood in stool.

Question 5

what's multiple filled bowel loops mean ?

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Fluid filled : It must be multiple fluid filled bowel loops. This can be normal if pt has no symptoms. If it's a 2 ur old baby please don't be shy to discuss with the pediatrician . Incomplete info to comment

Question 6

thickening of the lower bowel, what does that mean?

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Incomplete descripti: Did you have a radiological test like CT scan which was read by radiologist like that.  It may mean nothing significant or may mean some inflammation.  Get an opinion from gastroenterologist.  Good luck.

Question 7

what does it mean if your bowel is in front of your ovary?

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Here's a great...: ...anatomical chart that will help conceptualize ovary position compared to small and large bowel in the "normal" setting: http://www.nucleuscatalog.com/anatomy-of-the-female-abdomen-and-pelvis/view-item?ItemID=1959

Question 8

what exactly does it mean when you bleed while emptying your bowel?

Accepted Answer

Not normal: I t should be checked.  Probably hemorrhoids but you need to see a doctor.

Question 9

what does it mean when you are told you have unspecified imflammatory bowel disorder?

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Crohns vs UC: When an endoscopist discovers colitis in a patient but cannot be sure whether it is crohn's colitis or ulcerative colitis, that is when it is call indeterminate colitis or "unspecified inflammatory bowel disease".  You end up treating the patient for the type of colitis it most likely seems to be based on clinical and endoscopic findings.

Question 10

what does it mean to have a twisted bowel? does it mean that your intestines are literally twisted?

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Yes: Usually this is a developmental defect in whcih the intestine are not properly attached to the abdominal wall. The intestine can actually twist on itself and become blocked. If prolonged it can lead to loss of blood supply and death of that section of intestine.

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