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Frequency. Unknown. Intestinal pseudo-obstruction ( IPO) is a clinical syndrome caused by severe impairment in the ability of the intestines to push food through. It is characterized by the signs and symptoms of intestinal obstruction without any lesion in the intestinal lumen. [ 1] Clinical features mimic those seen with mechanical intestinal ...
0.80 to 1.00 per 100,000. [ 1] Chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction ( CIPO) is an uncommon syndrome with chronic and recurrent symptoms that suggest intestinal obstruction in the absence of any mechanical blockage of the lumen. [ 3] The most common symptoms of CIPO include abdominal pain, constipation, nausea, vomiting, dysphagia, and ...
2–30% [ 7] Constipation is a bowel dysfunction that makes bowel movements infrequent or hard to pass. [ 2] The stool is often hard and dry. [ 4] Other symptoms may include abdominal pain, bloating, and feeling as if one has not completely passed the bowel movement. [ 3]
Functional constipation, also known as chronic idiopathic constipation ( CIC ), is defined by less than three bowel movements per week, hard stools, severe straining, the sensation of anorectal blockage, the feeling of incomplete evacuation, and the need for manual maneuvers during feces, without organic abnormalities.
Gastric outlet obstruction ( GOO) is a medical condition where there is an obstruction at the level of the pylorus, which is the outlet of the stomach. Individuals with gastric outlet obstruction will often have recurrent vomiting of food that has accumulated in the stomach, but which cannot pass into the small intestine due to the obstruction.
Specialty. Gastroenterology. A fecal impaction or an impacted bowel is a solid, immobile bulk of feces that can develop in the rectum as a result of chronic constipation [ 1] (a related term is fecal loading which refers to a large volume of stool in the rectum of any consistency). [ 2] Fecal impaction is a common result of neurogenic bowel ...
Neurogenic bowel dysfunction (NBD) is the inability to control defecation due to a deterioration of or injury to the nervous system, resulting in faecal incontinence or constipation. [1] It is common in people with spinal cord injury (SCI), multiple sclerosis (MS) or spina bifida. [2]
527.2 Sialoadenitis. 527.3 Abscess of salivary gland. 527.4 Fistula of salivary gland. 527.5 Sialolithiasis. 527.6 Mucocele of salivary gland. 527.7 Disturbance of salivary secretion. 528 Diseases of the oral soft tissues, excluding lesions specific for gingiva and tongue. 528.0 Stomatitis. 528.1 Cancrum oris.