Is chronic intestinal pseudo obstruction a disease? my gi diagnosed it but primary doc and gyno say they do not understand why 'disease' is used.

Or a disorder: When a person has a symptom, doctors look for the cause of the symptom. If a cause is found, then the cause is called the disorder or disease. If no cause is found, then the symptom itself can be called a disorder or disease. It's just how people use words.

Pseudo-obstruction: Intestinal pseudo obstruction is a condition, not a disease. The person has symptoms of bowel obstruction without a physical or actual obstruction. Hence the term"pseudo" since the process mimics an actual obstruction of the intestine.