Hirschprung's Disease

This was an easy diagnosis. It occurs when there are a lack of nerve endings at the distal colon thus causing distension of the rest of the bowel as evident in this picture.
The 2nd pic is Nicholas, one of the radiology techs, who is mixing Barium to make a contrast agent for indicating the Hirschprung's zone of affected bowel on an xray. One of the cool things about Tenwek is seeing the 'old-school' ways of making diagnoses and doing tests.