Can a stomach rupture seal on it's own?!
Question: The answer to this question is variable, depending upon the severity of the rupture, puncture, or perforation. There is a fair amount of fat surrounding the stomach, per se. This fat, called "omentum" (there is a lesser omentum and greater omentrum) can sometimes adhere to the stomach's external lining and seal it. This is something we do in surgery for similar situations, called an Omentum (Omental) Patch Procedure.
On the other hand, physicians sometimes have to drain fluid collections from inside the abdominal cavity. These fluid collections are most often simple "ascites" ... and are due to liver disease or other diseases that increase the pressure in the portal veins that drain the intestine's blood flow. When we stick a needle into the abdominal cavity, there is a small risk of puncturing the intestine, but even then, in almost all instances, the intestine is able to repair itself and seal the wound. Even when puncturing the dirty bowel, full of bacteria in the large intestine, there is only about a 5% risk of a serious bacterial infection in the abdomen.
If a stomach rupture is serious, generally larger than 5mm-1cm or greater, acid and enzyme leakage into the surrounding tissues causes persistent irritation that makes healing more difficult. Also, the likelihood of a spontaneous seal of a ruptured stomach depends upon which side of the stomach is affected. If the stomach contents erupt toward your back, there are very serious implications regardless of the degree of rupture, because there is no omentum behind the stomach but there ARE vital structures like the Aorta and the Pancreas which can be eroded and rupture or become severely inflammed as well, leading to potentially life-threatening conditions: Aortic rupture and Acute Pancreatitis, among other things.
So the answer to your question is yes, but only under ideal circumstances with a small, contained rupture or perforation.
I hope this helps.
Answers: The answer to this question is variable, depending upon the severity of the rupture, puncture, or perforation. There is a fair amount of fat surrounding the stomach, per se. This fat, called "omentum" (there is a lesser omentum and greater omentrum) can sometimes adhere to the stomach's external lining and seal it. This is something we do in surgery for similar situations, called an Omentum (Omental) Patch Procedure.
On the other hand, physicians sometimes have to drain fluid collections from inside the abdominal cavity. These fluid collections are most often simple "ascites" ... and are due to liver disease or other diseases that increase the pressure in the portal veins that drain the intestine's blood flow. When we stick a needle into the abdominal cavity, there is a small risk of puncturing the intestine, but even then, in almost all instances, the intestine is able to repair itself and seal the wound. Even when puncturing the dirty bowel, full of bacteria in the large intestine, there is only about a 5% risk of a serious bacterial infection in the abdomen.
If a stomach rupture is serious, generally larger than 5mm-1cm or greater, acid and enzyme leakage into the surrounding tissues causes persistent irritation that makes healing more difficult. Also, the likelihood of a spontaneous seal of a ruptured stomach depends upon which side of the stomach is affected. If the stomach contents erupt toward your back, there are very serious implications regardless of the degree of rupture, because there is no omentum behind the stomach but there ARE vital structures like the Aorta and the Pancreas which can be eroded and rupture or become severely inflammed as well, leading to potentially life-threatening conditions: Aortic rupture and Acute Pancreatitis, among other things.
So the answer to your question is yes, but only under ideal circumstances with a small, contained rupture or perforation.
I hope this helps.
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no! & it would need to be take n care of proffesionally immediately because the acid in one's stomach can deteriorate the tissue further causing unbearable pain.
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No not possible
Sometimes, if it is small. Sometimes you see scars on the stomach lining from healed ulcers or minor ruptures. But obviously very dangerous from both blood loss and release of acid from stomach onto surrounding organs
No. go to the doctor immediately.
yes, in a very very special circumstances.