Re: Bowel obstruction CAUSED BY COLONOSCOPY???
- From: Mxsmanic <mxsmanic@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 06:39:23 +0100
chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
I had a colonoscopy about 1.5 years ago at my doctor's recommendation,
since colon cancer runs in my family and he is very cautious about
things (I'm was only 28 years old at the time). I was not experiencing
any problems prior to the colonoscopy. However, within days after the
colonoscopy, I began experiencing problems passing my stool. i don't
want to say that I am constipated, as it feels like a partial blockage
or a twist in my intestine.
I've been to several doctors, and they are all treating my problem from
a constipation stand point, and everything they have given me does not
help. Sure, the laxatives will give me diarrhea and the stool will
pass, but it is still painful when it hits the lower left side of my
stomach.
At one point, I felt as though I was able to gently "massage" my lower
left side and I could actually feel the stool descend into the colon.
That has become almost impossible to do now. Shortly after the
colonoscopy, I chalked my problem up to the fact (in my head) that
things had to reorient or re-situate themselves in the intestines, and
that was the cause of the problem. After a few months, I went to my
primary care doctor and I've been to the hospital a few times. The
hospital was because I hadn't had a bowel movement in approximately 1
week and the stool had backed up into my small intestine, according to
the cat-scan that was done at the hospital. The Gastrointerologist
that I went back to ordered an abdominal ultrasound and some blood
work, all of which came back normal.
What I want to know is if the colonoscopy could have caused a problem?
After 1.5 years? Very unlikely. You might experience some
disturbance of bowel patterns for days, but not years. And
colonoscopy requires flushing out the colon, not putting anything in
it, so it should have been empty at the time of the procedure.
I've heard of contrast media causing temporary constipation, but not
endoscopic procedures.
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