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Stage 4 cancer that has mets to brain, lungs, adrenal gland and now liver, cause bowels to shut down? if so what are the signs that it is happening?
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Constipation: Could result from pain medications -opiods .Bowl obstruction could result from bulky tumors in the GI tract or compressing the bowl. Usual symptoms include abdominal pain, distension, emesis, constipation and watery stool leakage.
Answered 3/26/2019
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It depends on so man: Bowel obstruction can occur in any advanced abdominal cancer. If the bowels are compromised by tumor they can close/obstruct. It is not difficult to tell when that happens because no food will pass through them. As a result patients become constipated/obstipated and have increasing pain in the abdomen and are unable to eat and drink due to persistent nausea and vomiting. The belly swells up also.
Answered 2/6/2017
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