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Life with Adhesion
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Adhesions are internal scars that bind organs and tissues that are not normally connected. Adhesions form as a result of trauma due to surgery, infection, disease or other injury. Adhesions can distort and disturb body functions and cause pain, intestinal obstruction and infertility, giving rise to a complex of problems, collectively termed "Adhesion Related Disorder (ARD)" - Dr. David Wiseman, founder International Adhesion Society
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Painkiller may prevent adhesions after surgery
By Robert Cooke, Globe Correspondent February 8, 2005
BOSTON -- A controversial painkiller might hold the key to preventing adhesions, a painful, costly, and sometimes deadly problem that has been the bane of surgeons for as long as there has been surgery.
A new study from Children's Hospital shows that the prescription drug Celebrex -- which recently has come under intense scrutiny because of suspected links to heart disease -- blocked adhesions in mice given the painkiller just before and for several days after surgery.
Adhesions commonly occur during the healing process when tissues such as the intestines stick to other surfaces, such as the abdominal wall, and begin growing together. They must be separated by further surgery, sometimes over and over again. There is no pharmacological fix for the disorder, which kills about 2,000 Americans a year, according to David Wiseman, founder of the International Adhesions Society.
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