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My mother in law is 92yrs old and has severe...
My mother in law is 92yrs old and has severe abdominal distension. The doctors cannot figure out how to relieve it. Please advise. Thank you
Doctor's Assistant: Have you seen a doctor about this yet? What medications are you taking?
She is in hospital and they have given her enemas and inserted rectal tubes with temporary relief then comes right back
Doctor's Assistant: Anything else in your medical history you think the doctor should know?
She suffers from Alzheimer's and recently suffered a stroke
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what is the reatment of abdominal distention ?
what are the possible causes ?
what are the possible diagnostic tests ?
what is the advice ?
- the treatment depends upon the cause
- you have to understand that the patient is very old and might require longer time to make a defenetive diagnosis
what are the possible causes ?
- intestinal obstruction
- ascitis due to heart failure or liver disease
- abdominal masses
- stool impaction
- mesenteric ischemia
- segmoid valvulus
- cecal valvulus
what are the possible diagnostic tests ?
- clinical examination and medical history
- liver function tests
- abdomial standing x ray in case of suspected of obstruction or valvulus
- abdominal ulrasound to check for ascitis of liver abnormality or masses
- ct scan of with contrast in case mesenteric ischemai is suspected
- liver functiopn test
- cardiac echo in case heart failure is suspected
- ECG of the heart
what is the advice ?
- we advice you to contact with the patient threrapist for more information about the patient current status
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