Has your adopted child recently had surgery? It is true that adhesions symptoms are not common with most surgeries. In fact, most go undiagnosed because they do not cause symptoms and are not life threatening. However, they are common after abdominal surgeries and many children do have their appendix removed. Occasionally, children are born with adhesions, but they usually result from the inflammation that accompanies surgery. Adhesions are scar tissues that bind together two surfaces within the body that were not meant to be connected. Painful symptoms can accompany adhesions because they pull on the nerves within the scar tissue or by pull on an internal organ. Pain occurs during stretching, exercising, or deep breathing usually. Doctors can operate using lysis, laparoscopy, or laparotomy if the pain caused by an adhesion seriously disrupts a person’s life.

What symptoms should you watch for after your adopted child has had surgery? The pain sometimes caused by adhesions, while uncomfortable, is not usually life threatening. However, it can be life threatening when the scar tissue causes a small bowel obstruction. Symptoms of a small bowel obstruction include waves of cramp like pain in the stomach and it is worse after consuming food. The pain can cause vomiting and vomiting relieves the pain? The stomach may become tender and bloat. Sometimes the pain becomes constant and severe and all gas and bowel movements stop. If your child has these symptoms, seek emergency medical advice. Adhesion related symptoms are usually not accompanied by high fever.

Doctors may run blood tests, take x-rays, or order a CT scan to determine if the problem requires surgery. Surgery is usually performed by inserting a camera through a small hole in the skin. The doctors can then see the adhesions and cut them. While this procedure usually gives relief, the surgery itself can cause new adhesions.

Adhesions can be caused by inflammation from an injury as well. If your adopted child was subjected to physical trauma before joining your family, you may want to be aware of these symptoms as well.



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