Ananas juice for medical treatment of bezoars: Clinical experience with 4 patients

Abstract

Bezoars are concretions or hard masses of foreign matter that are found in the gastrointestinal tract. Gastric bezoars can be treated medically. Surgery is the only treatment option for acute intestinal obstruction secondary to bezoars. In this report, we share our experience of medical treatment with pine apple juice for acute intestinal obstruction secondary to bezoars. We hospitalized 22 patients for acute intestinal obstruction secondary to bezoars. Eighteen of them underwent surgical treatment. Four patients who were able to tolerate medical treatment, were treated medically with pine apple juice. All patients were admitted with complaints of nausea, vomiting and distention for a period of 3 days. Plain abdominal graphy showed air-fluid levels and CT scan showed intestinal obstruction secondary to bezoars. All patients responded to medical treatment. Patients with intestinal obstruction secondary to bezoars can be treated medically with pine apple juice if they are able to tolerate medical treatment. © 2011 OMUAll rights reserved.