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Q: umbilical hernia complication?

asked by: gardengirlii on November 1st, 2009

New User

Hi
In August of 2008, I had surgery for a small umbilical hernia. After surgery I had pain around the umbilical area, but a MRI showed nothing so I dropped it. Now the pain is worse, and I seem to have a lot of gas. On a good day, my stomach is tensed like I am about to be hit in my stomach, on a bad day I have sharp pain and aches all day. My dr. has put performed an ultrasound on the liver and gall bladder and taken blood -- everything is fine. He has given me medicine to calm any stomach muscle spasms, but that doesn't seem to be working (this was last week). I have small children and can't seem to be a mommy lately -- I am tired and very stressed! HELP!

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MandMs

replied on November 1st, 2009

Extremely eHealthy

Patients who have undergone any type of abdominal surgery, including umbilical hernia, are at risk for formation of adhesions in abdominal cavity.
Adhesions are bands of fibrous scar tissue that forms on organs in abdomen, and make them stick one to another or to the abdominal wall.
Symptoms of abdominal adhesions are crampy, severe abdominal pain, abdominal bloating, inability to pass gas, infrequent bowel movements.

See your surgeon!

gardengirlii

replied on November 1st, 2009

New User

I am thinking it may be adhesions (I've had two c-sections as well) -- but I guess I need to rule out everything first since there are no "tests" for adhesions. Do they show up on MRIs or ultrasounds?

MandMs

replied on November 2nd, 2009

Extremely eHealthy

Cine-MRI is a good alternative for diagnosing abdominal adhesions, since objective findings of the scan and intraoperative findings during laparoscopy correlate very well with each other.
C-sections are major risk factor for developing adhesions, too.

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