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Medical Forum / General / General / February 2006Bowel obstruction CAUSED BY COLONOSCOPY???
I had a colonoscopy about 1.5 years ago at my doctor's recommendation, since colon cancer runs in my family and he is very cautious about things (I'm was only 28 years old at the time). I was not experiencing any problems prior to the colonoscopy. However, within days after the colonoscopy, I began experiencing problems passing my stool. i don't want to say that I am constipated, as it feels like a partial blockage or a twist in my intestine. I've been to several doctors, and they are all treating my problem from a constipation stand point, and everything they have given me does not help. Sure, the laxatives will give me diarrhea and the stool will pass, but it is still painful when it hits the lower left side of my stomach. At one point, I felt as though I was able to gently "massage" my lower left side and I could actually feel the stool descend into the colon. That has become almost impossible to do now. Shortly after the colonoscopy, I chalked my problem up to the fact (in my head) that things had to reorient or re-situate themselves in the intestines, and that was the cause of the problem. After a few months, I went to my primary care doctor and I've been to the hospital a few times. The hospital was because I hadn't had a bowel movement in approximately 1 week and the stool had backed up into my small intestine, according to the cat-scan that was done at the hospital. The Gastrointerologist that I went back to ordered an abdominal ultrasound and some blood work, all of which came back normal. What I want to know is if the colonoscopy could have caused a problem? I'm interested in knowing if maybe they "cut" an interior wall of my intestine, which has since formed into a scar and is causing the difficulty passing and the pain? According to the doctors, they've tested me for Diverticulitis already (which the symptoms sound very similar to) and it almost seems like the doctors have all given up or don't have enough time to figure out the problem. Please let me know any suggestions. Thank you! > What I want to know is if the colonoscopy could have caused a problem? > I'm interested in knowing if maybe they "cut" an interior wall of my > intestine, which has since formed into a scar and is causing the > difficulty passing and the pain? Highly unlikely that these issues could be related to your colonoscopy. HMc >I had a colonoscopy about 1.5 years ago at my doctor's recommendation, >since colon cancer runs in my family and he is very cautious about [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >want to say that I am constipated, as it feels like a partial blockage >or a twist in my intestine. Sounds like you need another colonoscopy. If no one thinks the first colonoscopy was the cause, it isn't going to hurt to have another one. R. >>I had a colonoscopy about 1.5 years ago at my doctor's recommendation, >>since colon cancer runs in my family and he is very cautious about [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > If no one thinks the first colonoscopy was the cause, it isn't going > to hurt to have another one. No, a barium enema makes more sense at this point. It would give a clearer picture of morphology and function of the colon. Mass lesions or other obstructive phenomena in a 30 year old who just had a colonoscopy 1.5 years ago are unlikely and a repeat colonscopy is unlikely to provide any meaningful information in this case. HMc When I went to the hospital, they did inject barium into my rectum and had me go in for a catscan (or some type of xray). They did not see anything unusual. During the same procedure, they also had me drink some chalky substance (probably barium) so that they could see from both sides. The only thing I know is that I did not have any of these symptoms prior to the colonoscopy, and now the issue seems to be getting worst and I am in a lot of pain. I have even changed my diet. Over the past 6 months, I have included more fiber into my diet, have been eating salads, reduced my red-meat consumption, taking 5-metamucil pills each day, and I drink A LOT of water. Plus I've been taking some prescribed stool softener, which softens my stool, but as I said before, it's never been hard. The stool is well formed, soft stool, and is not like the normal constipation stool one would experience. I feel like I've attempted to tackle this from every angle, and I feel like I am getting no where with the 3 or 4 doctors I have seen regarding this issue. From the standpoint of "what has changed" or "when did this occur," the colonoscopy is the last thing done and that's the only thing I have left to point at, since I certainly did not experience this problem before. I don't have a problem getting another colonoscopy, if it comes down to that, but nobody seems interested in performing another colonoscopy. Any other thoughts or suggestions?? > I don't have a problem getting > another colonoscopy, if it comes down to that, but nobody seems > interested in performing another colonoscopy. > > Any other thoughts or suggestions?? Your original question was whether or not this was related to your colonoscopy, and the answer is that it is highly unlikely. As to a repeat colonoscopy, the reason no one is interested is that there's no point to it. HMc > No, a barium enema makes more sense at this point. It would give a clearer > picture of morphology and function of the colon. Isn't the use of contrast media contraindicated in someone who already shows evidence of bowel obstruction? I thought I had read that, apparently because contrast media themselves can sometimes cause (temporary) constipation and might aggravate a real obstruction.  SignatureTranspose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. >> No, a barium enema makes more sense at this point. It would give a >> clearer [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > apparently because contrast media themselves can sometimes cause > (temporary) constipation and might aggravate a real obstruction. From his original post, he doesn't show any evidence of a bowel obstruction Hmc > I had a colonoscopy about 1.5 years ago at my doctor's recommendation, > since colon cancer runs in my family and he is very cautious about [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > What I want to know is if the colonoscopy could have caused a problem? After 1.5 years? Very unlikely. You might experience some disturbance of bowel patterns for days, but not years. And colonoscopy requires flushing out the colon, not putting anything in it, so it should have been empty at the time of the procedure. I've heard of contrast media causing temporary constipation, but not endoscopic procedures. 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