Doctors remove 28 POUNDS of feces from man, 22, who was
constipated since birth due to rare bowel condition
- Chinese doctors removed 28lbs of poop from the
bowels of a 22-year-old man - The patient, who is unnamed, is
believed to have been constipated for years - Experts suspect he had Hirschsprung’s
disease, which is build-up of feces - This build-up causes the stomach to swell,
appearing to be pregnant
Doctors removed 28 pounds of feces
from the bowels of a man who was reportedly constipated since
birth.
The unnamed 22-year-old had 30 inches
of his grossly enlarged bowel removed by surgeons at Tenth People’s
Hospital of Shanghai in China.
It is believed the young man had
Hirschsprung’s disease, which causes the bowels to swell because
the nerves that are supposed to control the gut are missing.
Doctors said the man looked like he
was nine months pregnant because of the painful enlargement and
feces backup.
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Chinese doctors removed 28 pounds of feces
from the bowels of a 22-year-old man who was reportedly constipated
since birth (pictured)
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The surgeons at Tenth People’s Hospital of
Shanghai in China removed 30 inches of the affected part of his
colon (pictured)
The medical experts believe he had
been constipated for years and looked ‘like he was about to
explode.’
The patient said he had always
suffered from constipation and used laxatives, but those only
offered a brief relief.
He finally went to the hospital so
doctors could relieve him of his symptoms.
Tests conducted determined the man
had months, even years, worth of feces inside a portion of his
colon, causing the immense swelling of his abdomen.
Dr Yin Lu said the procedure lasted
three hours and removed the enlarged body part, according
to Inverse Science.
Hirschsprung’s disease is a rare
condition that causes poo to become stuck in the bowels. It mainly
affects babies and young children.
It means the nerves that control the
movement of feces are missing from a section at the end of the
bowel, which means poo can build-up and form a blockage.
This can cause severe constipation,
and occasionally lead to a serious bowel infection called
enterocolitis if it’s not identified and treated early on.
Symptoms of Hirschsprung’s disease
are usually noticeable from soon after a baby is born, although
occasionally they’re not obvious until a child is a year or two
old.
It’s not clear what causes the
disease, but it’s not thought to be caused by anything the mother
did while she was pregnant. It sometimes run in families.
All children with Hirschsprung’s
disease will need surgery.
After removing his gut, surgeons
stitched it up at both ends to stop feces from falling out.
Hirschsprung’s disease affects one in
every 5,000 babies.
The disease is uncommonly diagnosed
in adults.
It also is more common for males to
be affected by the condition.
Furthermore, Hirschsprung’s is
associated with certain inherited conditions, such as Down’s
syndrome and other abnormalities present at birth, such as
congenital heart disease, according to the Mayo Clinic.
The condition is congenital and
usually causes visually noticeable symptoms from birth, although
sometimes it is not obvious until a child is a little older.
Some who develop this extreme form of
constipation will need to have stoma surgery – where a small on the
abdomen is created to divert the flow of feces into a pouch
Surgery is always needed in this
disease
For babies, symptoms include not
passing the dark poop withing 48 hours after being born.This is
called meconium.
Other red flags are a swollen
stomach, gassy, diarrhea and throwing up green fluids.
In young children, signs include a
swollen stomach, persistent constipation, failure to thrive, not
eating well and gaining lots of weight.
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Hirschsprung’s disease affects one in every
5,000 babies. Pictured: Doctor with colon
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