I had heard that the omentum is the storage place for
fat. It helps by not allowing infections to travel in
the abdominal, digestive system. Maybe this is why it
affected your bowels...it was causing infections?
Marianne
--- toni welsh <twelsh1@hotmail.com> wrote:
> At Fri, 03 Aug 2001, Nancy E. Hale wrote: > > > >At 10:23 PM 8/2/01 -0500, you wrote: > >>At Thu, 02 Aug 2001, Nancy E. Hale wrote: > >> >[] Omentum..."The omentum is a loose fold of the > membrane ( peritoneum ) > >> >that hangs from the stomach and covers the front > of the intestines. It > >> >protects the intestines and helps to seal any > damage to the intestinal > >> >wall, thus helping to prevent infection." > >> > > http://my.webmd.com/content/dmk/dmk_article_1458702 > >> > > >>When the surgeon did my surgery, he removed the > omentum, and you say > >>here that it protects the bowel. I am confused!! > >> > >>Toni > > > >Hey Toni: > > > >Personally I am not saying anything. This is > quoted from a post by Helen > >Dynda, who I assume got the information from the > website noted in the > >quote. I figured the best way to explain to Gidge > what the omentum was was > >to get a reference from a previous post or from a > medical web site. > > > >Sorry if I confused you. > > > >Nancy in NB > > > >ICQ #9683431 > > Nancy, > You did not confuse me, I have been confused with > all this going on the > last 3 years, over three years now. I just was > wondering how it > protects your bowel if it is not there. Hope you > have a good day! > > Toni > > http://www.adhesions.org/forums/listcmds.htm
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