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A member asked:

If some of the steroid/anesthetic of epidurals coated the nerves that innervate the l intestine or other organs, could gastric stasis result?

3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

No: Epidural promotes perestaltic movements in GI track. Narcotics can cause constipation.

Dr Wright agreed

Answered 6/10/2014

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Epidurals and ileus: Nerves innervating the large intestine arise from the mid thorax and so a lumbar epidural steroid injection i unlikely to affect those nerves. Even if some did get distributed, it would result in better GI motility.

Dr Aronzon and another doctor agreed

Answered 1/4/2015

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