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Will Dead Colon Heal By Itself?

My 81 year old mother had a aortic embalisum (sp) bleed out. She had emergency surgery where she went with out blood for a long time. They got it fixed and blood going again. This was on Feb 10th. Since then she has lost 15 lbs, has cronic diarrea, feels full all the time, fatuge, now she has jandace (yellow skin). They just gave her a blood transfusion yesterday and now her bilirubins are high and so is her liver enzimes.l am watching her go down hill rapidly. They said part of her colon is dead. She will not allow them to operate again. Will her colon heal itself or are we watching the end?
Mon, 17 Aug 2015
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hi.

a "dead" colon or a necrotic colon will not heal by itself. it might cause complications such as infection, perforation and leak of gastrointestinal contents in her abdomen. this might eventually lead to sepsis, shock and eventual failure of her organs.

hope this helps.

good day!

~dr.kaye
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Will Dead Colon Heal By Itself?

hi. a dead colon or a necrotic colon will not heal by itself. it might cause complications such as infection, perforation and leak of gastrointestinal contents in her abdomen. this might eventually lead to sepsis, shock and eventual failure of her organs. hope this helps. good day! ~dr.kaye