Dr. Bharat Pothuri is a board-certified gastroenterologist and the founder of GastroDoxs. With extensive experience in digestive health, he specializes in advanced endoscopic procedures, chronic GI disorder management, and preventive care. Dr. Pothuri is dedicated to providing expert, patient-focused insights to help improve gut health and overall well-being.
He looks through your last operations, hospitalization, medications (particularly narcotics or anticholinergics), and comorbidities such as diabetes or Parkinson the great. Then he carries out a cautious abdominal examination to determine the distention, tenderness and bowel movements.
We order lab tests to check white blood cell count, electrolytes, kidney functioning and markers of inflammatory- exclusion of infection, dehydration, and metabolic imbalances that may mimic or exacerbate pseudoobstruction.
Diagnostic colonoscopy will provide a direct view of the colon and will ascertain the absence of an actual obstruction as well as will facilitate the provision of a therapeutic decompression in a situation that is justified.
In isolated instances, special transport investigations or manometry are used to determine nerve and muscle activity in the colon.
Dr. Pothuri has treated more than 1.5K patients, helping individuals improve their digestive health and overall well-being through expert, personalized care.
With over 20 years of experience, GastroDoxs has been a trusted provider of gastroenterology care, focusing on delivering the best outcomes for patients
Dr. Bharat Pothuri is a Board-Certified Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist. With extensive experience in digestive health, he specializes in advanced endoscopic procedures, chronic GI disorder management, and preventive care. Dr. Pothuri is dedicated to providing expert, patient-focused insights to help improve gut health and overall well-being.
It is a disorder that occurs when the large intestine becomes immobile and present the effect of obstruction without having anything that can be seen.
It may be post-operative or post-severe illness, and some drugs (many narcotics or anticholinergics), or chronic disease (diabetes, Parkinson, nerve or spinal damage or prolonged bed rest).
The frequent symptoms are belly bloating, abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting, inability to pass stool or gas, and fullness.
It can be treated by diet, lifestyle modifications, pro-motility drugs, intravenous fluids, analgesic therapy, and non-surgical procedures such as colonoscopic decompression of the bowels or percutaneous endoscopic colostomy.
Others feel relieved after few hours of decompression, medication or might require few days of supportive therapy.
In case of untreated cases, the colon may over distend and perforate or get infected. Serious complications are prevented by early diagnosis and management.
Mild cases can be treated at home closely monitored. Extreme cases usually call on a short-time hospitalization of IV fluids, observation, and an endoscopic intervention.
