Normal bowel sounds?

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When the bowel peristalsis, intestinal cavity gas and liquid flow, produce a kind of intermittent gas over water sound (or grunt), known as bowel sounds. Under normal circumstances, bowel sounds appear regularly 4-5 times per minute. Normal bowel sounds? Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

Normal bowel sounds?

First: active bowel sounds. As the name suggests, the frequency of bowel sounds is more than normal. If the frequency is more than 10 times per minute and there is no high pitch, it means that the bowel sounds are active. It is more common in acute gastroenteritis, after taking laxatives or gastrointestinal bleeding.

Second: in addition, there are hyperactivity of bowel sounds and weakening of bowel sounds. If bowel sounds are not only frequent, but also loud and high, it is hyperactivity of bowel sounds, which is mainly seen in mechanical intestinal obstruction.

Third: if the bowel sounds are heard only once a few minutes, it is called bowel sounds weakening. It can also be seen in senile constipation, peritonitis, low gastrointestinal motility, etc. If you don't hear it for more than 2 minutes and still can't hear it when you tap your fingers on the abdomen, it is the disappearance of bowel sounds, which is more common in acute peritonitis or paralytic intestinal obstruction.

matters needing attention

1. Patients with abdominal wall hernia should be treated in time to avoid intestinal obstruction caused by incarceration and strangulation. 2. Strengthen health publicity and education, and develop good health habits. Prevention and treatment of intestinal ascariasis. 3. After major abdominal surgery and peritonitis patients should be well gastrointestinal decompression, operation should be gentle, try to reduce or avoid abdominal infection.