My symptoms are intense abdominal pain and cramping, nausea, increased
temp, feeling like I need to go to the bathroom but no bowel movements.
For me it has usually lasted about 24 hours then gone off as quickly as
it came on. I was diagnosed with extensive adhesions after a
laporoscope about eight years ago. I had had a C-section six years
earlier and had been trying for another baby for three years without
success. Apparently, the adhesions were obstructing my fallopian tubes
and so I was scheduled for a laporotomy to remove them. They couldn't
get the laparoscope in due to the adhesions. I actually never had the
laporotomy done as I had to have a hyterosalpingogram done (dye injected
along the fallopian tubes to visualise the tubes) and the radiologist
managed to clear the obstruction using the dye. At that point I had not
had any pain with the adhesions and, but for the fertility problems,
would have had no idea that I had adhesions. The abdominal pain started
about 4 yaers ago - initially with pain on intercourse, then with the
intermittent low pain I described in my earlier post and then, more
recently, this intense double you over, wipe you out pain which I have
been told is partial obstructions. I was told that if I had these
symptoms again I was to get to my doctor asap (not leave it for 24 hours
hoping 'it'll go off in a little while'!) as apparently you can
dehydrate very quickly with a b/o which can become a medical emergency.
My doctor said no more than 8 hours with these symptoms then call out
the doctor...