In a 30-year-old non-obese woman using semaglutide for weight loss, food-induced small bowel obstruction from kelp needed laparoscopic surgery; the authors could not prove a direct effect of semaglutide.
In plain wordsIn one young woman using semaglutide to lose weight, a bowel blockage from kelp needed surgery. The report cannot prove semaglutide caused it.
- Peptide
- Semaglutide
- Outcome
- Not applicableFood-induced small bowel obstruction
- Study
n = 1
- Outcome group
- Gastrointestinal adverse events · Gastrointestinal
- Studied dose
- 1.0 mg weekly · subcutaneousAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
We herein report a case of food-induced small bowel obstruction (FIBO) while using a glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP1-RA), trying to lose weight due to distorted body image.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Based on a finding of computed tomography at our emergency department, she was suspected of having a bowel obstruction and underwent laparoscopic surgery, which resulted in a diagnosis of small bowel obstruction by kelp.
The patient was a 30-year-old woman who was not obese (height 158 cm, weight 50 kg).