Patient's question:
My older son is 9 years old, a boy. 15 days ago, he had surgery for intestinal obstruction in the hospital. Four days after the surgery, he fully recovered. On the sixth day, the doctor allowed him to drink water, and on the seventh day, the doctor allowed him to eat food. My family members gave him rice porridge and noodles. In the afternoon of the seventh day, he started dry vomiting. After the eighth day, green, viscous stomach fluid was drained through the stomach tube. Until yesterday afternoon, all the vomit he produced was green fluid. The chief surgeon at the hospital said it had blocked again and recommended a second surgery. It was diagnosed as adhesive intestinal obstruction, and it was quite severe. The surgery lasted for 9 hours.Doctor, will my older son fully recover from this condition? What should I pay attention to? If it recurs, what should I do? If it recurs, the chief surgeon yesterday said there are no better options left. I am seeking help.
Doctor's answer:
According to the situation you described, it should be adhesive intestinal obstruction. The main causes are abdominal surgery, intra-abdominal inflammation, intra-abdominal fluid accumulation, or intra-abdominal blood accumulation. The clinical symptoms include abdominal pain, nausea, and the cessation of and. The frequent nausea that has now reappeared indicates that the intestinal obstruction is complete, so it is best to undergo surgery to eliminate the symptoms of intestinal obstruction.Recommendation: Since the hospital you are currently visiting for follow-up treatment is very famous and has first-class medical technology and equipment, there may be multiple different causes leading to the recurrence of intestinal obstruction. Therefore, it is very necessary to have another surgery.