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What causes dyskinesia of the colon?

Alexey Portnov, medical expert
Last reviewed: 19.10.2021

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The causes of dyskinesia of the colon include many causes of both endogenous and exogenous. They matter:

hereditary burden - constipation, vegetative dystonia, metabolic and endocrine disorders (hypothyroidism, hyperparathyroidism, insufficiency of the adrenal cortex);
acute intestinal infections in the first months of life;
early transfer to artificial feeding;
food allergy;
food errors - the use of refined, refined products, deficit of plant fiber;
hemorrhoids, fissures of the anus;
some drugs - anesthetics, muscle relaxants, anticonvulsants, cholinolytics, opiates, diuretics, calcium channel blockers, nicotinic acid.

In the pathogenesis of dyskinesia of the colon matter:

violations of neurohumoral regulation (vegeto-dystonia, viscero-visceral effects, violation of central and spinal innervation, psychoemotional factors, endocrine pathology);
disorders of motility of the distal intestine, violation of the ratio between propulsive and retrograde motor motility of the colon, increased gut reaction to nutritional, medicamentous and stressful effects;
change the rate of transit of the contents through the intestines with disorders of the stool and increased mucus.