title: [Intestinal disorders].
abstract: Bed ridden patients commonly suffer a series of intestinal disorders which include: loss of appetite, swallowing disorders, a tendency to undergo gastric tract reflux, slowness in intestinal movements, accumulation of gas or fecal impactation. These contribute to an increased risk of potentially dangerous complications such as intestinal obstruction which can lead to necrosis or a perforation of different parts of the digestive tract, duodenal ulcer, hemorrhoids, or anal fissures.
authors.affiliation: Universitario de Santiago de Compostela. amimemoria@yahoo.es
authors.forename: Luis Manuel
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Fuentes
mesh_terms: D001510:Bed Rest; D005244:Fecal Impaction / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*