Pope Francis will undergo emergency surgery due to risk of intestinal obstruction

2023-06-07 16:14:27

In recent months, the health of Pope Francis has been a trend worldwide, this time the Vatican has announced that the Pope Francis will undergo emergency surgery due to risk of intestinal obstruction.

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How is the health of Pope Francis?

Since July 2021, the Supreme Pontiff has visited the hospital on more than one occasion. Through a official statement from the Vaticanit was revealed that the 86-year-old Pope had entered the Gemelli hospital in Rome for health checks.

However, on the morning of Wednesday, June 7, 2023, the news was released that the Pope Francis will undergo emergency surgery due to risk of intestinal obstruction due to the aggravation of his symptoms, so it is estimated that His Holiness will remain in the hospital for several days.

Already in 2021 the Pope had undergone a painful colon operation as a result of an intestinal disease called diverticulitis.

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What does Pope Francis have?

The Pope’s health has declined considerably in recent years, as he has had digestive system ailments, such as diverticulitis, as well as an incarcerated incisional hernia.

It is speculated that the incisional hernia may be the result of poor healing after a surgery prior to having had Pope Francisco and that, if not attended to, may have more serious consequences such as an intestinal obstruction that generates intense pain in his holiness.

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What is a bowel obstruction?

According to the mayo clinicintestinal obstruction is a blockage that does not allow food or liquid to pass through the small or large intestine.

Intestinal occlusion or obstruction can be caused by fibrous bands of tissue, also known as adhesions, in the abdomen that form after surgery, hernias, colon cancer, some medications, or constriction of the inflamed intestine.

For the case that the Pope Francis will undergo emergency surgery due to risk of intestinal obstructionit is as a result of the incisional hernia.

It is extremely important to treat and prevent intestinal obstruction because one of its most serious consequences is necrosis or death of irreversible intestinal tissue.