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Loss Of Appetite, Mucus In Stool And Vomiting. Diagnosed As Intestinal Obstruction And COAD. CT Scan Showing Fluid Distended Stomach And Collapsed Ileal Loop. Advice?

My father is 63yrs of age past three months he has been suffering from loss of appetite , passing mucus instead of a proper stool and frequent vomiting . As we are a resident of shillong, Meghalaya so started his initial treatment in our hometown here the doctor’s diagnosis were that he had duodenal ulcer but they were not very sure to. Hence wasting no more time we immediately shifted him to guwahati Assam, there he was admitted in International hospital doctor’s diagnosis there was that: - sub acute intestinal obstruction and COAD. In Guwahati hospital they did a CT-SCAN of the whole abdomen where they found Fluid distended stomach, duodenum and jejunum with collapsed pelvic ileal loop: suggested obstruction without identifical narrow segment or zone of transition. And they finally said that it needs to be operated so they did the operation and after 11days of operation they gave discharge and said that everything is done. So we came back to our hometown but we noticed that the symptoms persisted so we contacted back the doctor’s they said that after so many days he is eating food that’s why he is vomiting again. We awaited for 2-3days but the symptoms still persisted, finally we thought of taking him to APOLLO hospital Chennai doctor’s there did his full check-up they did ST-Scan but it was not with a contrast as he was unable to resist it and vomited out so they did it by pushing injection but the picture was not clear so the doctor’s decide to do antegrade and retrograde enteroscopy was done where they found small ulcers in distal duodenum and jejunums and biopsies were taken of the same which revealed moderate non specific jejunitis and ileiltis and gastropathic changes. So again the doctor’s decided to go for a surgery after the surgery he was able to eat food his motion was also ok gas was also passed so he was given discharge doctors advised to increase the intake of food quantity and drink lots of fluids. But sir he is unable to increase his intake as he says that he doesn’t feel hungry he has also lost his weight vigorously in past 3 months. He also complains of bulging stomach after eating food he is also vomiting but the frequency has reduced he is also very weak. Sir I would want your keen advice in this case, sir what shall I do that his recently complains can be stopped. Your kind advice shall be highly appreciated.
Tue, 7 Aug 2012
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Hello
It is very hard to answer your question as you did not mentioned what kind of surgeries was done and what is the histology diagnose.
The reason of persistent symptoms you are describing might be caused by some inflammatory intestine disease (Crohn`s disease for example), duodenum narrowing (caused by chronic ulcers), or other reason of fading intestine obstruction like post-surgical adhesions.
CT of small intestines with contrast should find the place of narrowing. If its not possible to drink a lot of contrast at least an abdomen X-ray should be performed.
Take care
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Loss Of Appetite, Mucus In Stool And Vomiting. Diagnosed As Intestinal Obstruction And COAD. CT Scan Showing Fluid Distended Stomach And Collapsed Ileal Loop. Advice?

Hello It is very hard to answer your question as you did not mentioned what kind of surgeries was done and what is the histology diagnose. The reason of persistent symptoms you are describing might be caused by some inflammatory intestine disease (Crohn`s disease for example), duodenum narrowing (caused by chronic ulcers), or other reason of fading intestine obstruction like post-surgical adhesions. CT of small intestines with contrast should find the place of narrowing. If its not possible to drink a lot of contrast at least an abdomen X-ray should be performed. Take care