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A 24-year-old member asked:
This morning i heard this loud popping sound from left sidebof abdomen. could it be bowel perforation, a little pain bur thats all.?
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Dr. Kenneth Chenganswered
Family Medicine 33 years experience
Highly unlikely: Bowel perforations are extremely painful and associated with a high fever. A loud pop could be from a subluxed rib or vertebral body on your spine, but not from a bowel perforation.
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Dr. Michael Zadehanswered
General Surgery 19 years experience
Most likely not: Bowel perforations usually do not make audible sounds. Although the pain may come on all of a sudden, it is usually a constant pain that does not go away and is worsened by any movement. Most often fever will also result from the perforation and leakage of intestinal contents.
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Last updated Apr 24, 2015
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