Symptoms of Mechanical Bowel Obstruction

Symptoms of a bowel obstruction include:

• Abdominal pain
• Abdominal distention
• Abdominal cramps
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Diarrhea
• Severe constipation ; inability to pass gas or stool
• Bloating
• Fever
• Rapid pulse
• Foul breath odor

Complications from an untreated obstruction can include strangulation, which is cutting off of the blood supply to part of the intestine.