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Intestinal obstruction

Children under 2 years, often because of intussusception caused bowel obstruction. However, the obstruction may occur because of strap hernias in infants or congenital intestinal anomalies. Other age children happen cause of bowel obstruction include: Crohn\'s disease and intestinal torsion.
 
Symptoms of bowel obstruction include: 1, intermittent severe abdominal pain. 2, vomiting, yellow-green juice, frequency rising, resolve flatulence and vomiting and defecation, cannot relieve pain. In the case of partial block, resolves flatulence, defecation, usually temporarily relieve pain. 3, intussusception, will emit a red jam-like. 4, if delays in treatment, fever, or abdominal swelling.
 
Blocked sites may also rupture, leading to peritonitis, which may be lethal, or raises may died of gangrene. Dehydration is another due to constant vomiting and severe complication, occurs, should immediately call for an ambulance or bring the child to the nearest emergency department. The doctor will check the condition of children, and will enable him to receive intravenous infusions to prevent dehydration.
 
In order to confirm the diagnosis and identify the cause of intestinal obstruction or x ray examination and possible surgical resection for obstructive site.
 
Once the obstruction is treated, or if only a small intestine surgery removed, then the child\'s growth will return to normal. However, intestinal obstruction because of potential situations (such as Crohn\'s disease), unless the exception has been effectively treated or obstruction may be recurrent.

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