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Suggest Treatment For Ischemic Bowel Disease

Posted on Thu, 18 Aug 2016

Question: i have a family member diagnosed with ischemic bowel how bad is this

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (9 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Please give some more details.

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Thank you for the query.

Can you please give some more details? Is it acute ischemia or chronic? All bowels are affected or only some part? Which part?
Without this information I am unable to tell anything at all.

Regards.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (6 minutes later)

all i know at this point is that we have been told that it is a dead gut...we do not know if it is acute or chronic

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (1 minute later)

Brief Answer:
Whole bowels affected means that he can not be cured.

Detailed Answer:
If whole bowels are necrotic, than nothing can be done. If its only a part, surgical removal of affected bowels can save his life.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (1 minute later)

ok ty we have been told surgery is not an option.

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (0 minute later)

Brief Answer:
Nothing can be done.

Detailed Answer:
Than really nothing can be done. I am sorry.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (1 minute later)

can u tell by the scan i sent if the whole bowel is indeeed affected?

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (0 minute later)

Brief Answer:
I can not as the scan is blurred.

Detailed Answer:
I can not as the scan is blurred.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (1 minute later)