Small bowel obstruction

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• Causes

  • Adhesion
  • Bowel hernia
  • Intussusception
  • Small bowel tumour
  • Ileal stricture
  • Ascaris lumbricoides

• Effects

  • Abdominal colic
  • Acute abdominal pain
  • Nausea and vomiting
  • Gut electrolyte loss
  • Repeated vomiting
  • Fluid levels

• Parents

  • Bowel obstruction