Call your doctor right away if you have any of the following: 1  Fever above 101.5Â°F. 2  Diarrhea that lasts more than 3 days. 3  Nausea and vomiting that wonât go away.  Pain in your abdomen that gets worse or isnât relieved by pain 1  medication. Drainage or redness around your incision.
ballismus[bal-izâ²mÅ­s] 1. A type of involuntary movement affecting the proximal limb musculature, manifested in jerking, flinging movements of the extremity; caused by a lesion of or near the contralateral subthalamic nucleus. Usually only one side of the body is involved, resulting in hemiballismus.
Unlike mechanical obstruction, non-mechanical obstruction, called ileus or paralytic ileus, occurs because peristalsis stops. Peristalsis is the rhythmic contraction that moves material through the bowel. Ileus is most often associated with an infection of the peritoneum (the membrane lining the abdomen). It is one of the major causes of bowel obstruction in infants and children. Another common cause of ileus is a disruption or reduction of the blood supply to the abdomen.