Sentences with phrase «obstipation in»
Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines in Small Animals: Colitis in Small Animals, Constipation and Obstipation in Small Animals, Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Small Animals
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Even though patients may resume walking after treatment of pelvic fracture with cage rest, callus formation and / or pelvic collapse may result in chronic obstipation.
A surprising number of cats have problems with constipation (abnormal accumulation of feces and difficulty defecating), and similar but more serious conditions such as obstipation (complete obstruction of the colon by feces) and megacolon (damaged nerves and muscles in the colon causing an inability to defecate).
There are many potential causes of obstipation, including congenital megacolon (presumed to be due to developmental abnormalities of the intestinal nervous system) and either congenital, traumatic, or acquired diseases of the bones in the pelvis, but over half result from idiopathic megacolon.