2024-05-10 02:45:41
The doctors said that the man’s abdomen was noticeably swollen and resembled a woman expecting triplets.
The doctors who described this case on an internet forum said that the food waste had hardened and got stuck in the patient’s large intestine – medically this is called fecal impaction.
Doctors treat it by removing the blockage manually or by giving an enema, in which a liquid is injected into the colon to loosen the stool and allow it to pass out of the body normally.
“poop baby”
“After the imaging examination, the patient had to be asked when he last had a bowel movement,” wrote the doctor who presented the case.
The patient told him that the last time he “really had a bowel movement” was three months ago.
The physician who submitted the photo of the computed tomography examination drew attention to the large and grainy mass visible in the center of the body. It was feces accumulated during that time.
Netizens christened this story with the name “poop baby”.
Abdominal pain is bothersome
The described problem can be caused by chronic constipation, dehydration, or a low-fiber diet, which can lead to the formation of a hardened mass that blocks the digestive tract.
At first, stool flows back into the rectum, but then gradually accumulates in the large intestine.
This creates a plug from which the body continues to absorb water and moisture. Thus, the resulting mass becomes hard and calcified.
Symptoms of this condition include abdominal pain, swelling, feeling the need to defecate but not being able to do so.
This disease usually occurs in the elderly, such as those living in nursing homes, where nearly half of patients experience impaction.
Terrible feeling
Oreon Gottfried, a neurosurgeon from North Carolina (USA) said in a video posted on the social network X: “If you feel terrible when you don’t have a bowel movement during the day, imagine how you suffer if you don’t go to the bathroom for months.
It is normal for a person to defecate 1-3 times a day.
However, indigestion or chronic constipation can disrupt the normal cycle.
It is estimated that if a person could not defecate for three months, up to 95 kg of feces would be stuck in the body.
See page „Daily mail“ inf.
2024-05-10 02:45:41