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How can I stop my sisters ilistomy from blocking?
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My sister is 46ys old and has Crohns Disease and in 1990 had her bowel removed.
For the last 6 months the ilistomy is blocking every 2 weeks, so it has meant heaps of visits to the hospital.
What can she do to stop this from happening . -
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A/Prof Daniel van Langenberg
Gastroenterologist
Dr van Langenberg is a consultant gastroenterologist in private practice in Melbourne's Eastern suburbs and has public hospital appointments as Director of IBD, Eastern Health … View Profile
Your sister sounds like her ileostomy may have developed a complication due to long term wear and tear or a complication of a recurrence of her Crohn's disease. Possibilities include a stricture (narrowing) of the bowel just above the stoma, a hernia of the bow or at the stoma opening, kinking of the bowel due to above or due to scarring from the previous surgery, etc. Your sister should see a specialist colorectal surgeon and/or stoma therapy nurse ASAP to deal with this problem as it clearly won't get better without an intervention. In the meantime, a contrast enema procedure via the stoma opening could be diagnostic, Local GP could arrange and then refer on?
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