Question 1

what is ilius bowel?

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Paralyzed intestine: Normally the bowel is usually  moving, milking contents forward, in waves of contractions (peristalsis). When it stops, it's called ileus. It is seen with narcotic pain meds, some other medications, electrolyte imbalances, post-operatively, and in some patients with slow motility. Being very sick or bed bound can also contribute. If the underlying cause is fixed, it usually resolves with time.

Question 2

what is bowel ischamia?

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Quite a problem!: lack of blood to the bowel. The symptoms are aches and pains and generally missed until the bowel dies off in which case there is a catastrophe!
can be diagnosed with any dye study of the bowel

Question 3

what does sticky bowel mean?

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See below: Sticky bowel is not  medical term.

Question 4

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 5

what is it when your bowel is green?

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Green: stool is a result of food you have ingested or amounts of bile in your stool  occasionally  greenish diarrhea might be an indicator of salmonella but i think your stool is just  a basic green BM

Question 6

what does a home bowel cleanse mean?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

what is the medicine for loose bowel?

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Diagnosis: Best therapy is to get it evaluated.

Question 8

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 9

what can i do to address a bowel spasm ?

Accepted Answer

Bowel spasm: Hyoscyamine is a prescription medication which relaxes smooth muscle and can reduce pain with bowell spasms. Talk to your doctor about prescribing the medicine.

Question 10

what's multiple filled bowel loops mean ?

Accepted Answer

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

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