This may end up being long, sorry. When I was 3 months old (1994) I had intussussception, they tried doing the blowing air thing but it didn't work, and some of the tissue had started to die so I had to have surgery on it. As far as I know my parents were never warned about any long-term consequences, but since I was fourteen I've had bouts of unbearable pain and severe constipation - at first it was thought to be IBS but then they took the surgery and the symptoms into account and said it could be due to that. I'm pregnant (33wks) and the pains have worsened a hell of a lot recently, but I figured that was to be expected.
I've got an appointment with a gastroenterologist at last next weekend, but I'm just wondering if anyone has had intussussception as a child and then had further problems, if anything's been done about it and what?
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Long term consequences of intussussception and surgery - what can be done?
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MoominIsWaitingToMeetHerMiniMe · 15/03/2014 19:42
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