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Very good morning doctors. could you, please excuse my words, "pass gas" if you have a bowel obstruction? what are other possible ways to rule a bowel obstruction in or out?

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Dr. Donald Colantino answered

Intestinal obstructi: You can pass gas in an incomplete bowel obstruction but not with a complete one. Diagnosis is made by the patient's history of characteristic symptoms, presence of a distended abdomen, and either a plain abdominal xray, a ct scan, an ultrasound, or with an air or barium enema performed through the rectum.

Answered 9/18/2020

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A member asked:

Very good morning doctors. could you, please excuse my words, "pass gas" if you have a bowel obstruction? what are other possible ways to rule a bowel obstruction in or out?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Donald Colantino answered

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