{"id":7960,"date":"2018-01-25T14:14:42","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T14:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiggerlife.com\/?post_type=mtheme_knowledgebase&#038;p=7960"},"modified":"2021-02-01T13:04:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T13:04:07","slug":"dealing-with-a-blockage-article","status":"publish","type":"new-way-forward","link":"https:\/\/abiggerlife.com\/new-way-forward\/dealing-with-a-blockage-article\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing with a blockage"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Clinical Advisor<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><style>\n.videoWrapper {<br \/>\tposition: relative;<br \/>\tpadding-bottom: 56.25%; \/* 16:9 *\/<br \/>\tpadding-top: 25px;<br \/>\theight: 0;<br \/>}<br \/>.videoWrapper iframe {<br \/>\tposition: absolute;<br \/>\ttop: 0;<br \/>\tleft: 0;<br \/>\twidth: 100%;<br \/>\theight: 100%;<br \/>}<\/p>\n<\/style><\/p>\n<div class=\"videoWrapper\"><!-- Copy & Pasted from YouTube --><br \/><div class='w-full overflow-hidden rounded-2xl bg-dark-grey relative h-0' style='padding-top:56.25%;'><iframe class=\"lazyload h-full w-full m-0 absolute inset-0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/189140067?color=ffffff&amp;title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe class=\"lazyload h-full w-full m-0 absolute inset-0\"><\/div><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>From A Bigger Life<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>How to know if you have a blockage: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your stoma will stop working or you will only produce very loose liquid output.<\/li>\n<li>You might get cramps in your stomach or you may be sick.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What to do if you think you have a blockage:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lie down, relax, stop eating but continue to drink.<\/li>\n<li>If it is a food obstruction it could pass within a number of hours.<\/li>\n<li>If after 8 &#8211; 12 hours you haven&#8217;t had any normal bowel motion and continuing to experience abdominal pain or sickness you should visit A&amp;E.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6442\" src=\"https:\/\/abiggerlife.com\/content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Blockages.jpg\" alt=\"template_vertical_#48e8ff\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>You might be interested in:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-related-links\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/abiggerlife.com\/new-way-forward\/stoma-blockage\/\">What are the signs of a blockage?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/abiggerlife.com\/its-a-start\/youre-not-alone-2\/\">You\u2019re not alone<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/abiggerlife.com\/to-a-bigger-life\/get-moving-article\/\">Get moving<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/abiggerlife.com\/new-way-forward\/not-everyone-copes-with-having-an-ostomy-in-the-same-way-article\/\">Not everyone copes with having an ostomy in the same way<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/abiggerlife.com\/its-a-start\/the-abc-of-ostomy\/\">The ABC of Ostomy<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clinical Advisor From A Bigger Life How to know if you have a blockage: Your stoma will stop working or you will only produce very loose liquid output. 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