Do intestinal adhesions cause long-term abdominal pain?

Bowel adhesions do not necessarily lead to long-term abdominal pain. Intestinal adhesion is a common physiological healing phenomenon after abdominal surgery, theoretically, all patients after abdominal surgery, the abdominal cavity of the intestinal tubes or omentum may form adhesions, adhesions are not clinically necessary for treatment. A small number of patients with complete or incomplete intestinal obstruction due to abdominal adhesions, resulting in peristaltic restriction of the intestinal tube, at this time, the symptoms of intestinal obstruction can occur, that is, abdominal pain, abdominal distension, or even severe nausea, vomiting, anus to stop defecation, defecation, and a few patients may be more serious need for surgical treatment. The vast majority of adhesions do not cause intestinal obstruction, so the vast majority of intestinal adhesions do not cause long-term abdominal pain, which only manifests itself as abdominal pain when symptoms of intestinal obstruction occur.