Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

If you have a bowel obstruction, you may experience nausea, bloating, and other digestive symptoms. It can be a serious health condition and often requires emergency care. Bowel obstruction is a ...

Clinical Infectious Diseases publishes clinically relevant articles on the pathogenesis, clinical investigation, medical microbiology, diagnosis, immune mechanisms, and treatment of diseases caused by ...

Crohn disease is characterized by periods of clinical remission alternating with periods of recurrence. Persistent inflammation can lead to complications that include strictures, fistulas, abscesses, ...

Intestinal pseudo-obstruction is a rare condition that occurs when you have symptoms of intestinal obstruction without anything physically blocking the intestines. It can be chronic or develop ...