Bezoars are an unusual cause of acute intestinal obstruction in children. Most cases are trichobezoars in adolescent girls who swallow their hair. Lactobezoars are another unusual but occasionally ...

Recurrent volvulus is rare, but a second bowel obstruction due to adhesions (scar tissue build-up after any type of abdominal surgery) could happen later. Children who had a large portion of the small ...

In pediatric cases, the condition is particularly ... Obstruction (CIPO): A syndrome characterized by symptoms of bowel obstruction without any physical blockage, resulting from motility disorders.

is a rare and complex gastrointestinal motility disorder affecting mainly the small intestine and the colon resulting in intestinal failure. Due to severe and reccurent episodes of pseudo-obstruction, ...

N-acetylcysteine (NAC) is used to treat various types of bowel obstruction in children but evidence of efficacy is lacking. The formulations used are unlicensed and the dosing information in the ...

Conservative treatment was successful in more than 50% of children with adhesive small bowel obstruction in the four of the seven included studies. All but one of the included studies were ...

Megacystis microcolon intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome (MMIHS) is a rare, congenital functional intestinal obstruction, characterised by ... team approach is recommended for the care of these ...

The two most common types of inflammatory bowel disease in children are Crohn’s disease and ulcerative ... in the intestines Significant bleeding, obstruction (blockage of the intestines) Abscess (pus ...

as children who swallow the beads can experience life-threatening problems such as bowel obstruction. In new research ...

Water bead toys have the potential to cause not only intestinal obstruction in children who ingest them, but also ...

FRIDAY, Jan. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Intestinal ultrasound (IU) can be considered a screening tool for pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a study published online Dec. 24 in ...