What’s wrong with no bowel movement after bowel resection?

No bowel movement after bowel resection surgery may be a normal postoperative response, or it may be caused by drugs, adhesive intestinal obstruction, etc. If there is no bowel movement for a long time, you should consult a doctor in time to find out the cause of the disease. 1. Normal reaction: bowel resection surgery, usually need to give oral laxatives to make the intestinal lumen of the fecal matter emptying, and postoperative patients, patients need a liquid diet, gradually transitioned to semi-fluid, general food. Before eating, there is usually no or only a small amount of stool, which is a normal reaction. 2. Drugs: no stool after bowel resection surgery, may be due to anesthesia drugs are not completely metabolized, so that intestinal peristalsis is inhibited caused by. Generally, after the anesthesia drug is completely metabolized, the intestinal peristalsis is restored, and the body can resume gas and defecation. 3. Adhesive intestinal obstruction: Intestinal resection surgery is an abdominal surgery, after the operation, the intestinal tract itself, or the intestinal tract and the abdominal wall, the wound formation of adhesion, which can lead to adhesive intestinal obstruction, the appearance of stopping the symptoms of defecation, which may be accompanied by abdominal pain, abdominal distension, vomiting and so on. Postoperative patients should go down to the ground for exercise at an early stage, and if necessary, they should be treated with medication to fight infection or surgery to separate the adhesions and release the obstruction. If there is no bowel movement for a long time after bowel resection surgery, patients should be diagnosed as soon as possible, and if necessary, targeted treatment should be provided by doctors to avoid delaying the condition.