For my case study I diagnosed my patient with Volvulus of the small bowel. Volvulus is an obstruction caused by twisting of the intestine that can occur at any part of your gastrointestinal tract. Symptoms of Volvulus are: abdominal tenderness, dark/bloody stool, constipation, distended abdomen, pain in abdomen, and nausea/vomiting. Volvulus usually occours to infants usually during the first year of life. The patient is a 10 month old, female, this coresponds with the diagnosis of Volvulus as Volvulus uasially occours during the first year of life. The patient also came in pulling her knees to her chest, showing that abominal pain was present which is a symptom of Volvulus. It was later shown that the patient had a swollen abdomen, which
