Intestinal obstruction

Question 1

What bowel sounds would indicate early obstruction?

Answer 1

Hyperactive

Question 2

What bowel sounds would indicate late obstruction?

Answer 2

Hypoactive

Question 3

Why does colicky pain result?

Answer 3

Strong peristalsis above the obstruction

Question 4

Why shouldn’t a person refrain from making a bowel movement?

Answer 4

Water gets absorbed by the large intestine making it more difficult to pass the stool

Question 5

What is the minimum of position during defecation?

Answer 5

30-45 degrees

Question 6

What could cause ileus?

Answer 6

Surgery, anesthesia, opioids, antibiotics,

Question 7

What could cause someone to avoid defecation

Answer 7

Pain

Question 8

Accumulation of gas in the intestines causing the walls to stretch

Answer 8

Flatulence

Question 9

Results from unrelieved constipation; a collection of hardened feces wedged in the rectum that a person cannot expel

Answer 9

Impaction

Question 10

Inability to control passage of feces and gas to the anus

Answer 10

Incontinence

Question 11

Dilated, engorged veins in the lining of the rectum

Answer 11

Hemorrhoids