Category: Symptoms
What is adhesions related disorder (ARD)?
Adhesion related disorder is a complex of symptoms related to adhesions. Patient’s primary complaint is usually chronic abdominal pain. Their symptoms can be primarily in one area of the abdomen but are often generalized, vague, crampy and difficult to define. The symptoms of ARD could include:
•Chronic pain
•Infertility
•Bowel obstruction
•Gastro-esophageal reflux disease, (GERD)
•Urinary Bladder dysfunction
•Pain and difficulty having a bowel movement
•Pain on movement such as: Walking, sitting or laying in certain positions.
•Loss of Nutrients due to poor eating habits or loss of appetite.
•Loss of employment due to lost work days
•Loss of family and social life
•Emotional Disorders such as: Depression, Thoughts of Suicide, Hopelessness
Other intestinal problems can accompany the pain. Constipation or obstruction is sometimes encountered. Alternating constipation with diarrhea from partial obstruction can also be seen. Symptoms may also be related
What are the symptoms of adhesions?
Adhesions in the abdomen pull on parts of the intestines and sometimes cause an obstruction. Symptoms may include:
•pain
•cramps
•intermittent vomiting
•difficulty with passing gas or having a bowel movement
•swelling of the abdomen
Symptoms vary depending on the tissues involved. For example, in the gastrointestinal tract, bowel obstructions may occur.
How do adhesions cause chronic pelvic pain (CPP)?
Many women are held captive by a recurring or constant pain in the abdomen. The pain can be intense and sometimes debilitating. It may last for months or even years, leading some women to jump from physician to physician in search of a cure. Chronic pelvic pain is defined as a pain in the pelvic or lower abdomen area, not related to the menstrual cycle, which persists for six months or more.
