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| | Bowel Obstruction Alert - HTML |
 | | Many clients of the Office of the Ombudsman for Mental Health and Mental Retardation are at increased risk of bowel problems because of inability or limited ability to move, limited diets, use of certain prescription medications, cognitive limitations, and behaviors due to their conditions. |
 | | The pattern of bowel movements can be considered normal if it does not represent a change in the client’s usual frequency or character of stool and if passing the stool is not associated with discomfort (pain). |
 | | A 48-year-old man, with schizophrenia, emphysema, hepatitis, and a seizure disorder, died of a small bowel obstruction, renal failure, and multisystem organ failure. |
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