I also believe that a CAT scan can show a problem with some adhesions.
My doctor ordered one in June when I complained about pain and thought
it was adhesions. I figured oh well, scar tissue, I'll live with it.
But my doctor made a very good point that scar tissue can cause
obstructions, herniations, strangulations, that have to be addressed.
She found a large fluid filled cyst with my adhesions. So I say be on
the safe side and have the CAT scan. I think we can also get a little
complacent about adhesions and blame everything on them. It is a good
idea to rule out any other problems too.
Take care,
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kathy l.
At Thu, 30 Nov 2000, Marianne wrote:
>
>The doctor today told me that you can sometimes see adhesions on the
>bowel in a CAT Scan - they will often make the bowel look constricted in
>one area.
>
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>Marianne
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