What is an intussusception????

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DEES4

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I have seen several people post about their child having an intussusception....what the heck is that and how do you treat it?
Thanks
Carrie
 
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anonymous

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Intussusseption is when a section of the intestine collapses or folds into another section. Picture a telescope folding in . . . It sometimes corrects itself and then happens again after a period of time. It can be serious if it persists and is not taken care of, the bowels could rupture.

I'm not sure how they treat (correct) it. My daughter has been checked for this twice during periods of vomiting, but both times the results were negative.

Maria (mom to Sami, three yrs old, w/cf)
 
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Allie

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Ry had this once. It was before I knew him, but he promises it was loads of fun. If it doesn't correct itself, they try enemas, usually two or three, if , like in Ry's case, that doesn't work, you need surgery. They go through the abdomen, and streth back out the intestine, removed any damaged parts, and close you back up. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">
 
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Ratatosk

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When DS was born with an obstruction due to meconium illeus, he was in surgery for over 4 hours -- description the surgeon gave included volvus -- connection from the esophagus was stretched out and had to be reduced, blockage, impaction, intussuspection, tortion (twisting), some necrotized (dead) tissue... L
 
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Allie

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The signs Ry had were intense abdominal pain, which would come in waves, but it would get stronger each time, and was so bad, he'd cry out and have to stop whatever he was doing till it went away. He was also vomiting, though not a lot, he was weak and drowsy, and developed a fever. When he was taken to the hospital, he was breathing shallowly and his heartbeat was really fast. They thought he had appendicitis at first, which wsa impossible since it had been taken out the year before.

Usually checked through an xray or barium enema.
 
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anonymous

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Sami was checked just last week for intussuseption with an abdominal ultrasound. They didn't find an intussuseption, but they did find a gallstone!

I was a little alarmed, a gallstone in a three year old?!?

Maria (mom to Samantha w/cf)
 
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Ratatosk

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Our doctor told us that when his patients get into their teens they do ultrasounds on the gallbladder. But 3 does seem a bit young!
 
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anonymous

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Liza,

I asked our doc, "Well, what about the gallstone?" (Sami was actually in for dehydration from a bad viral illness.) She said that they were more common in teenagers, but she didn't seem so worried about the fact that it's there.

I really wanted to know why she has a gallstone at such a young age.

Maria

Also from the other thread: I'm very sorry to hear about the passing of your dog. We went through a similar situation, it was very difficult.
 
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