Is there a high mortality rate from intestinal obstruction?

The overall mortality rate of patients with active treatment of intestinal obstruction is not high, but if not actively treated, intestinal obstruction is prone to strangulation and necrosis, leading to serious abdominal infection and other conditions that will jeopardize the lives of patients, and the mortality rate will be higher.
Intestinal obstruction is a common clinical acute abdomen, is caused by various reasons of intestinal content of the passage of obstacles, mainly manifested as abdominal pain, constipation, etc., if not timely and active treatment, there may be intestinal perforation, peritonitis, etc., if there is a strangulation of intestinal obstruction of the patient will be due to a serious infection of the symptoms such as shock and other symptoms endangering the life of the patient. The mortality rate of patients with simple intestinal obstruction is very low after active treatment.
Patients with intestinal obstruction need to consult a doctor in time, under the guidance of the doctor for standardized treatment, patients need to actively cooperate with the doctor, follow the doctor’s instructions, to avoid delaying the best time for treatment.