Short Bowel Syndrome - Causes

Causes

Short bowel syndrome in adults is usually caused by surgery for:

• Crohn's disease, an inflammatory disorder of the digestive tract
• Volvulus, a spontaneous twisting of the small intestine that cuts off the blood supply and leads to tissue death
• Tumors of the small intestine
• Injury or trauma to the small intestine
• Necrotizing enterocolitis (premature newborn)
• Bypass surgery to treat obesity
• Surgery to remove diseases or damaged portion of the small intestine