Digestive discomfort is common, but some symptoms go far beyond everyday indigestion. One such condition that demands urgent ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Abdominal pain, bloating, and constipation are common symptoms of bowel obstruction. Partial bowel obstruction symptoms may come and go for days or weeks before worsening. Intussusception in children ...

Extra mucus in the digestive tracts of people with CF causes stool to move more slowly and slows the production of enzymes, causing blockages and constipation. Laxatives can often help, but severe ...

Within the past year on the Third (Boston University) Surgical Service at the Boston City Hospital we have seen 2 cases of acute mechanical small-bowel obstruction with serum amylase values in the ...

Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction (CIPO) and related gastrointestinal motility disorders constitute a group of rare but debilitating conditions that mimic mechanical obstruction despite the ...

Congenital intestinal atresia and obstruction encompass a group of developmental anomalies in which a portion of the intestinal lumen is either absent (atresia) or narrowed (stenosis). These ...