If she is vomitting fecal matter, from what I have read, it can be a sign of an intestinal obstruction and is life threatening.
At Sat, 17 May 2003, Kay wrote:
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>My grandmother who is in her 70's recently confided to me that she had
>been vomitting fecal matter.
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>Her GP told her not to worry about it. I, however, feel this could be a
>very serious situation.
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>She has suffered from diverticulitus (sp?) for years and I wonder if
>this could be related. When I do a search on the net the term adhesions
>shows up continually.
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>My question is this...should I share this information with other family
>members and try to persuade her to go back to the doctor or to a
>specialist?
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>Thanks for the input.
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>Kay
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