NVV patient (57 years old; in Thach That district, Hanoi) was hospitalized with abdominal pain and repeated vomiting. After examining the patient, the doctors here diagnosed that the patient had intestinal obstruction and indicated emergency surgery. After that, the patient was taken to the operating room under anesthesia and performed the surgery.
Thach That District General Hospital (Hanoi) has just warned regarding intestinal obstruction due to dried bamboo shoot soup – a popular dish on Tet holiday.
Previously, this hospital received NVV patients (57 years old; in Thach That district, Hanoi) hospitalized with abdominal pain, vomiting many times. After examining the patient, the doctors here diagnosed that the patient had intestinal obstruction and indicated emergency surgery. After that, the patient was taken to the operating room under anesthesia and performed the surgery.
BSCK II Vuong Trung Kien, Director of Thach That District General Hospital, who directly operated on the patient, said that following surgery, 5 food residues were removed from the patient’s small intestine. In which, the largest block is regarding 6×3cm, the smallest is regarding 4×2cm.
According to doctors, this food residue is usually caused by dried bamboo shoots – a popular food during Tet. Indigestible bamboo shoots clump in the stomach and then move to the small intestine to form a “button” that causes intestinal obstruction.
In addition to dried bamboo shoots, doctors also warn that intestinal obstruction due to food residue is also common following eating other tough, difficult-to-digest fibers such as jackfruit, persimmon, orange, hair … common disease in the elderly, Poor teeth do not chew food thoroughly, patients following gastrectomy, patients with chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic insufficiency or in psychiatric patients eat hair and hair on their own.
Doctors also note, intestinal obstruction can cause many serious consequences such as dehydration, electrolytes, infection, systemic toxicity, the most severe can cause death due to necrosis of intestinal loops causing intestinal perforation. bowel rupture.
Therefore, people need to have a suitable diet and activities to effectively prevent intestinal obstruction due to food residue, especially high-risk subjects such as the elderly, poor teeth, people following surgery. gastric bypass…
