What is bowel obstruction?

Intestinal obstruction is a partial or complete blockage of the bowel that results in the failure of the intestinal contents to pass through.

How do members experience bowel obstruction?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with bowel obstruction*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for bowel obstruction*

Who has bowel obstruction on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 16
30s 39
40s 77
50s 106
60s 93
70+ 86

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 107
Female 306

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What is bowel obstruction?

Intestinal obstruction is a partial or complete blockage of the bowel that results in the failure of the intestinal contents to pass through.



Common symptoms reported by people with bowel obstruction

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for bowel obstruction

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Compare treatments taken by people with bowel obstruction

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have bowel obstruction through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with bowel obstruction? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has bowel obstruction on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 1 new patients joined this month
  • 101 say bowel obstruction is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 16
30s 39
40s 77
50s 106
60s 93
70+ 86

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 107
Female 306

These charts show data from bowel obstruction patients who have completed their condition history
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