Dear tinkerbelle-ga;
Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting question.
I assure you that it is physiologically impossible for a human being
to survive a lifetime without the benefit of a normal bowel movement
when no other medical intervention takes place. Without the aid of an
appliance or surgical modification the person would be incapable of
sustaining life. Impaction would occur in the intestines and cause the
organ to rupture or become infected to the point that death would
likely occur, if for no other reason, sepsis (the introduction of
putrescent material into the blood) and/or peritonitis (an
inflammation of the peritoneum, the membrane that lines the wall of
the abdomen and covers the abdominal organs. due to the release of
putrescent material into the body).
SEPSIS
http://www.drkoop.com/ency/43/000666.html
PERITONITIS
http://www.drkoop.com/ency/43/001335.html
The friend?s claim that she merely ?urinates a lot? is hogwash. I?d
give very little thought to the credibility of her claim but I?d be
extremely interested in what motivated her (or ?John?) to make it up.
While urination and bowel movements achieve much the same effect with
different forms of body waste, they are quite different and unrelated.
In other words, one cannot urinate her feces away ? it simply
impossible. Its like saying, ?I never trim my nails; I just trim my
hair a lot?. You see, intestinal waste does not find other alternative
exits if the bowel movement process is interrupted, in the same way
that your kidneys and bladder would not rely on your intestines to
take over the job if the renal process stopped. Unreleased feces (and
there would be a great deal of it if she ate normally as she claims)
would simply accumulate in the gut, stall and eventually rot inside
the body, if it didn?t burst the intestine first. It would not ?rot
away?, decay, absorb or dissipate but rather it would make the person
morbidly ill in time and it WOULD eventually prove fatal.
There are patients who do not have a NORMAL bowel movement in years
and some who do not have a SOLID bowel movement in many years, but for
an adult to have had NO bowel movement in their life whatsoever (and
no medical intervention) is simply biologically impossible and
frankly, unbelievable. It doesn?t take a gastrointestinal surgeon to
know this is a fact. Any reputable, licensed physician who suggests
that such a thing is possible would be suspect.
Intestinal ischemia (part of the intestine fails) and intestinal
necrosis (part of the intestine dies) is a serious condition that can
result in death if not treated promptly. So you see even if a person
has a normal bowel movement all their life and suddenly the organ
stops functioning for even a few days, the medical urgency is
something very serious indeed.
INTESTINAL ISCHEMIA AND INFARCTION
http://www.drkoop.com/ency/43/001151trt.html
Somebody?s full of it here, and I don?t think it?s John?s friend ? if
you know what I mean.
I hope you find that my research exceeds your expectations. If you
have any questions about my research please post a clarification
request prior to rating the answer. Otherwise, I welcome your rating
and your final comments and I look forward to working with you again
in the near future. Thank you for bringing your question to us.
Best regards;
Tutuzdad ? Google Answers Researcher
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