The Cesar Chavez Mini Film Festival, a two-day event in downtown Riverside, kicks off tonight (4/1) with a free 7 p.m. screening of âThe Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Struggleâ at the Culver Center, 3834 Main Street.
Ileus is a blockage of the intestines caused by a lack of peristalsis. Peristalsis is the pumping action of the intestines that helps move food through the digestive system. Ileus is used to describe both full and partial blockages. Solids (food), liquids, and gases are not able to move properly through the body when ileus occurs. Bowel movement can stop due to a mechanical blockage as well. Mechanical means there is something physically lodged in the intestine that is causing the blockage.
However, there are several other causes of an ileus. These include: intestinal cancer; Crohnâs disease, which causes the intestinal walls to get thicker due to autoimmune inflammation; diverticulitis; Parkinsonâs disease, which affects muscles and nerves in the intestines; These are the most common ileus causes in adults. Children can also have an ileus. According to the Mayo Clinic, intussusception is the most common cause for an ileus in children. This is when a part of the intestine âtelescopesâ or slides into itself.