Summary Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a highly unpleasant experience, and willingness to pay research has shown that many patients would prefer to avoid it more than pain. The vomiting center in the medulla is affected by anesthetic agents, opioids and surgery, while the higher ...
When I was four months pregnant my gallbladder was removed due to stones when I had surgery for a suspected Crohn's disease attack (ended up being an adhesion which was strangling my bowel). I was fine for the remainder of my pregnancy but after I gave birth that's when the severe dia...
Nausea experienced after surgery, often due to the effects of anesthesia or the body’s response to the surgical procedure. Stomach upset. Discomfort in the stomach is caused by factors like alcohol consumption, drug use, gastrointestinal bleeding, or iron supplements. Tube feeding. Nausea results ...
The article describes the case of a 75-year-old woman with a three-day history of abdominal pain, vomiting and nausea. She underwent nasogastric decompression and obtained general surgery consultation. Also discussed are the multiple stacked dilated loops of small bowel showed by the radiograph and...
Nausea is generally a self-limiting condition but can sometimes be a sign of a severe illness in need of medical treatment. Seek immediate care if nausea occurs after a severe head injury or is accompanied by the following signs or symptoms: ...
Treatment is surgery. Vomiting associated with pain: If the infant cries uncontrollably, and if the stool is bloody or red, it may be an intussusception (the pushing of one segment of the bowel into an adjacent segment). The stool is classically described as currant jelly, but any blood in...
Treatment is surgery. Vomiting associated with pain: If the infant cries uncontrollably, and if the stool is bloody or red, it may be an intussusception (the pushing of one segment of the bowel into an adjacent segment). The stool is classically described as currant jelly, but any blood in...
Treatment is surgery. Vomiting associated with pain: If the infant cries uncontrollably, and if the stool is bloody or red, it may be an intussusception (the pushing of one segment of the bowel into an adjacent segment). The stool is classically described as currant jelly, but any blood in...
I am not sure if i could relate your nausea / vomiting to your recent surgery and probable bowel adhesion. You have symptoms of peptic ulcer disease for which medications and diet may help you. The swollen neck gland may be due to infection, I am not sure of it though when you don't...
Small hernias might not be noticeable, cause any symptoms, or even require treatment, but larger ones may require surgery.8 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)includes Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, and indeterminate colitis, which are diseases of the digestive tract...