Dr. Rishi Chadha, MD is a board‑certified gastroenterologist who specializes in preventive gastroenterology, colorectal cancer screening, and minimally invasive endoscopic procedures. He completed his fellowship at Sunrise Health GME in Las Vegas and previously trained in internal medicine at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Connecticut.
Bowel obstruction is a condition associated with the inability to pass food, fluids or gas through a small or large intestine (ICD-10: K56.6). The blockage causes vomiting, swelling, nausea and abdominal pain. Failure to treat it in time may lead to tissue death or severe infection.
He examines your medical history, previous surgical procedures on the abdomen, risk factors, and timeline of symptoms and carefully examines the abdomen.
Our checks involve monitoring infection, electrolyte disturbances, dehydration and general metabolic condition.
Enteroclysis or bowel follow-through is a small bowel track that can be used to map out the obstruction to help plan the treatment.
There are times when endoscopic assessment or other special image order can be done to elucidate complex cases.
Dr. Rishi Chadha, MD is a board‑certified gastroenterologist who specializes in preventive gastroenterology, colorectal cancer screening, and minimally invasive endoscopic procedures. He completed his fellowship at Sunrise Health GME in Las Vegas and previously trained in internal medicine at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Connecticut.
A bowel obstruction refers to an obstruction that is a block comfortably of the small or large intestine that fails to allow the passage of food or gases. Dr. Rishi Chadha is the management of this emergency in Houston.
The most common would be scar tissue due to the surgeries, hernias, tumors, inflammation caused by the Crohn disease or impacted stool. Dr. Imaging and labs are the cause identified by Chadha.
The symptoms include acute pain in the belly, vomiting, bloating, passing of stool or gas and swelling. In case you get these, consult Dr. Chadha at once.
Yes. Obstructions may cause bowel death or rupture, which is untreated. Dr. Chadha offers timely diagnosis and organizes surgery or non-surgery.
Dr. Chadha examines the abdominal X-rays, CT scans and blood work to determine the site and the cause of the obstruction.
It can be treated through the use of IV fluids, bowel rest, nasogastric tubes, and surgery (in some cases). Dr. Chadha collaborates with the surgical teams when these are necessary.
Yes in my opinion - particularly when the obstruction is partial. Dr. The first approach Chadha employs is the conservative approach, which is safe and suitable.
Low-fiber or liquid diet may be prescribed by Dr. Chadha as the patient is healing up. Post discharge visits will assist in managing the safety of a regainment of bowel.
Yes. Individuals who have had previous obstructions, hernias or some kind of condition might be at risk and Dr. Chadha gives an instruction that should help lessen the occurrence.
Contact GastroDoxs at Houston and plan a follow-up with Dr. Chadha as a long-term treatment of bowel problems and constant digestive stability.
