Category: Abdominal Problems
Recipes For Bowel Obstruction Patients
Read more: Recipes For Bowel Obstruction PatientsBowel Obstruction Diet If you recently had a bowel obstruction, you may be anxious about the foods you should and should not eat in order to keep future obstructions at bay. To keep from obstructing again, most patients must adopt a diet that contains low or minimal amounts of fiber. The good news is that…
Adhesions: What You Can’t See Can Hurt You
Read more: Adhesions: What You Can’t See Can Hurt YouAdhesion Infographic Many people are unaware that they have adhesions — internal scar tissue that forms as part of the body’s healing process. If you are experiencing chronic pain, infertility, or small bowel obstruction, you may have adhesions. Read on to learn more about the causes of adhesions, how they affect the body, and treatment…
Success Story: Clear Passage® Allowed Me to Resume My Adventures
Read more: Success Story: Clear Passage® Allowed Me to Resume My Adventures“If they say they can help you, my friend — You can believe it.” A marine biologist, Richard, found his life turned upside down due to bowel obstruction, a potentially life-threatening condition. Like many of our other patients, he was told that surgery was the only way to relieve his obstruction. Used to being out…
Study Points to Link Between C-Section and Adhesions
Read more: Study Points to Link Between C-Section and AdhesionsAdhesions and C-Sections New evidence suggests that pelvic adhesions are present in more than a third of women with a history of previous c-sections and that the adhesions are associated with chronic pelvic pain. “Prevalence of pelvic adhesions on ultrasound examination in women with a history of Caesarean section,” published in the July issue of…
Why Do I Have Pain After C-Section?
Read more: Why Do I Have Pain After C-Section?If you are reading this article in search of an answer as to why you are continuing to experience pain months or even years after you’ve had a C-section, you are not alone. Post-C-section pain is not uncommon and can send women on a seemingly endless quest for relief. Jan Kriebs, a certified nurse midwife…
Pelvic Adhesions: What You May Not Know
Read more: Pelvic Adhesions: What You May Not KnowSome women will never even know that they have pelvic adhesions. For others, pelvic adhesions lead to a variety of women’s health conditions, including chronic pelvic pain and infertility. Often robbing women of fulfilling relationships, the gift of motherhood, and overall quality of life, these bands of internal scar tissue can have a profound impact…
How to Prevent Bowel Obstruction
Read more: How to Prevent Bowel ObstructionOne way of preventing an adhesion-related bowel obstruction surgery is Clear Passage®, a manual physical therapy that uses no surgery or drugs. Adhesions are bands of internal scar tissue that form after surgery, trauma, infection, or inflammation; there is no way of preventing adhesion formation as the body heals from these events. Clearing an existing obstruction…
Bowel Blockage Symptoms
Read more: Bowel Blockage SymptomsThe first symptoms of blocked bowel obstruction, also called bowel blockage, are typically pain, nausea, or vomiting. These symptoms are often accompanied by difficulty or inability to pass gas or stool. Additional symptoms that develop as the bowel blockage worsens are: Severe abdominal pain, persistent bloating, nausea, and the inability to pass gas or stool…
How to Prevent Surgery Adhesions
Read more: How to Prevent Surgery AdhesionsQ: I have adhesions as a result of a serious abdominal surgery several years ago. I’ve researched different treatments, and it sounds like my only option is to have surgery to clear the adhesions. I’ve been advised not to go this route because I’ll have more adhesions as a result of the surgery. Is there…
Do Abdominal Adhesions Show on an MRI Scan?
Read more: Do Abdominal Adhesions Show on an MRI Scan?Another reader has submitted a question that we wanted to share with everyone. Read on to learn about diagnosing abdominal adhesions. Q: I am experiencing a significant amount of abdominal pain, and I think it is due to adhesions that formed after a surgery. How can I find out if I have adhesions? Do abdominal…