Ischemic bowel disease
- Ischemic bowel disease is caused by tissue hypoxia and ischemic injury of the small or large intestine as a result of a persistent decrease in mesenteric blood flow, decreased oxygen content of red blood cells, or mesenteric venous stasis.
- Ischemic bowel disease can manifest in numerous ways, such as acute or chronic midabdominal pain (meal-induced), vomiting, sitophobia (fear of eating), weight loss, diarrhea, ileus, gastrointestinal bleeding, intestinal infarction, peritonitis, or fibrotic strictures.
