What is Bowel obstruction?
'''Bowel obstruction''', also known as '''intestinal obstruction''', is a mechanical or [[functional obstruction]] of the [[intestine]]s which prevents the normal movement of the products of [[digestion]].<ref name=SBO2010>{{cite book|last=Fitzgerald|first=J. Edward F. | name-list-style = vanc |chapter=Small Bowel Obstruction|year=2010|publisher=[[Wiley-Blackwell]]|location=Oxford|doi=10.1002/9781444315172.ch14|isbn=9781405170253|pages=74–79|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iduO1gYydz0C&pg=PA74|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908221043/https://books.google.com/books?id=iduO1gYydz0C&pg=PA74|archive-date=September 8, 2017|df=mdy-all|title=Emergency Surgery}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Adams|first1=James G. | name-list-style = vanc |title=Emergency Medicine: Clinical Essentials (Expert Consult -- Online)|date=2012|publisher=Elsevier Health Sciences|isbn=978-1455733941|page=331|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rpoH-KYE93IC&pg=PA331|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908221043/https://books.google.com/books?id=rpoH-KYE93IC&pg=PA331|archive-date=September 8, 2017|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Either the [[small bowel]] or [[large bowel]] may be affected.<ref name=Gor2015>{{cite journal | vauthors = Gore RM, Silvers RI, Thakrar KH, Wenzke DR, Mehta UK, Newmark GM, Berlin JW | title = Bowel Obstruction | journal = Radiologic Clinics of North America | volume = 53 | issue = 6 | pages = 1225–40 | date = November 2015 | pmid = 26526435 | doi = 10.1016/j.rcl.2015.06.008 }}</ref> Signs and symptoms include [[abdominal pain]], [[vomiting]], [[abdominal bloating|bloating]] and not passing [[flatulence|gas]]. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Medical signs]] [[Category:Medical emergencies]] [[Category:Gastroenterology]] {{med-stub}}