What is a Partial Bowel Obstruction?

I've had also a partial bowel obstruction in the past. It's a very serious matter and needs to be taken very seriously.

I'm writing about hemorrhoids, and know the consequences of not treating this problem. It's not only very bad for your bowel, also for a lot of other things.

So my daughter had a CT scan because she had been having pain like an appendicitis (and had kidney stones). She was having pain before the CT. after the CT, she had diarrhea after the CT and we had to stop twice on the way home for her to throw up. She threw up several more times but by mid afternoon she was fine. The next afternoon, the radiologist called saying she had a partial bowel obstruction. Also said she had masses in her bowel. After colonoscopy and small bowel follow through, they said, nope, she's all good. Does a partial bowel obstruction clear itself?

I often suffered from constipation that led to painful obstruction. I would only be able to eliminate a small amount of feces, and the rest were so hard and big that I could not push them through. Trying led to the development of hemorrhoids. If I had only known then what I know now, I could have avoided all of that.

I noticed after eating several green apples off the tree in my yard, my dogs developed diarrhea. I didn’t want to eat unripe apples, so I thought of trying apple juice instead. I drank a full glass of pure apple juice with no sugar added, and by the end of the day, I was able to have a normal bowel movement.

@StarJo - Fleet certainly works, but you have to be careful with it. The high sodium content can be bad for people who have kidney disease or hypertension.

I have found that keeping myself well hydrated with water and fruit juice keeps me from developing the constipation that can lead to bowel obstructions. One of the best is crangrape juice.

It tastes so much better than pure cranberry juice, so I can drink enough of it to do some good. If I’ve been unable to go to the bathroom for a couple of days, I just drink a full glass of this, and it always helps.

I struggled with frequent partial bowel obstructions. I finally decided to introduce foods into my diet that would prevent this from happening. I learned that I should look for high fiber content in foods.

In fruits, I learned that apples with the skins on, raspberries, and oranges are good sources. Other high fiber sources include cooked black beans, bran cereal, brown rice, cooked kidney beans, rolled oats, avocado, and cooked peas and carrots.

These were easy to eat, and I came to love them and actually crave them. Probably part of it was mental, because they helped stave off bowel obstructions.

I had a partial bowel obstruction brought on by severe constipation. I had not had a bowel movement in five days, and it was getting very uncomfortable. I had a pain that went straight across my belly button and caused me to double over. I could not stand up totally straight.

I treated it by taking a dose of Fleet. This medicine is a high sodium, lemony flavored fluid designed to completely clear out your intestines. You have to drink a full glass of water afterward, and within a few hours, you will be cramping on the toilet because your feces are being removed so quickly after such a long period of stillness.

@VivAnne - It's not always embarrassment that causes people to avoid going in for treatment, although you're right, that's a big one. Another reason that's more likely to make even a reasonable person put off going in for treatment is just plain treatment anxiety.

Let's face it, having a partial bowel obstruction is bad enough; for some people, the idea of what doctors might do as part of a partial small bowel obstruction treatment might seem too scary to face.

It's no secret that many, many people are creeped out by medical treatments -- especially surgery and dental work. Horror movie makers have known this for ages, and capitalized on that fear by making medical-related films, and now unfortunately medical things remind some people of the horror movies they've seen.

It might sound silly, but medical anxiety and dental anxiety are serious problems if they're bad enough to keep people from going to the doctor or dentist. In the case of bowel obstruction, putting off treatment can lead to serious consequences; if you have medical anxiety, explain this when you go to the doctor and they will work with you to make your visit the least-scary it can be.

Wow -- I knew that a partial obstructed bowel was a bad thing, but it can actually end up killing part of your intestines? That's serious business!

Apparently, seeking treatment for conditions such as constipation, bowel obstruction and other "private parts" related issues is one of the things that many people put off the most. I guess some people are so mortified by the possibility of being examined below the waist by a stranger -- even a doctor -- that they would rather suffer with the symptoms.

As I learned here in this WiseGEEK article, putting off treatment of a smaller problem such as partial bowel obstruction can lead to much worse conditions, like killing off part of your intestines! If you're one of those people who can't even handle looking at yourself nude in the mirror, it's time for a wake up call -- your health is worth a little embarrassment!

My husband works at a prison, and often comes home with some of the strangest stories that you could possibly ever hear. Inmates are actually incredibly creative and smart about how they make their life behind bars more bearable on a day to day basis.

And, suffice it to say, that they have many restrictions about what they may and may not have. As a result, they are often trying to find ways to hide things from the guards who might search their cells and take their priced belongings.

Many inmates make tattoo guns out of electric shaving razors. This is considered contraband. And apparently this one guy thought really highly of his tattoo gun.

The guards didn’t find it when they checked his cell; mainly because he had hidden it incredibly well. However, the medical staff found it not very long after when he could not remove it himself and it was forming a far from small bowel obstruction.

I’ll let you fill in the blanks.

A partial bowel obstruction is not something to be taken lightly just because it is ‘partial.’ Actually, it is a very serious matter indeed.

When a person’s bowel is obstructed, even if it isn’t completely obstructed, there is a serious reason that that is so. The body needs to be able to release waste to stay healthy, and not being able to do so can create all kinds of trouble.

One thing to look for if you think that you could possibly have a bowel obstruction, partial or otherwise, is a brown colored, coffee ground looking substance in any bile you might vomit.

No matter what the obstruction is (even those people who might know precisely what foreign object is obstructing their bowel) it is important to seek medical help quickly.