Pain in the bowels

Unpleasant sensations in the stomach, bloating and heartburn, nausea and, as they say, pain in the bowels. These symptoms occur in everyone and almost daily. The digestive system sometimes does not cope with the fact that we "force" it to digest. The more frequent failures occur in the digestive system, the more likely one or a whole complex of diseases.

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Causes of pain in the bowels

Of all the listed participants in digestion, pain in the bowels can trigger colitis - inflammatory diseases in the large intestine and enteritis, inflammation in the small intestine. There combined diseases, such as: gastroenteritis, various etiologies, ulcerative colitis, chronic colitis, non-ulcer, irritable bowel syndrome (covers large and small intestines simultaneously), chronic enteritis, and so on.

The mucous membrane of the intestine, at the time of inflammatory processes, becomes swollen, its natural pale pink color turns into bright red (pronounced hyperemia). Passing digestive processes cause a strong irritation of the intestinal wall, which in turn leads to the appearance of pain. In addition to irritated mucosa, pain in the bowels causes accumulated gases in the intestine.

The food lump advancing through the inflamed intestine causes not only pain and irritation, its movement may stop altogether, resulting in prolonged constipation. If the acute stage of colitis is "allowed to run", endure the pain and remove all the unpleasant symptoms by yourself, there is a high probability of the transition of acute colitis to chronic, which occurs with great complications, and involvement in the inflammatory process of the whole organism.

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Causes of colitis

It is customary to identify several causes that lead to the development of colitis:

• the presence of a progressive inflammatory disease of one of the digestive organs, for example, gastritis, ulcer duodenitis, pancreatitis;
• infectious diseases or intestinal toxic infections;
• acute poisoning;
• improper diet;
• frequent stress.

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Symptomatic of colitis

Colitis is an inflammatory disease of the large intestine, which proceeds very hard, with pronounced symptoms. Isolate acute and chronic colitis.

The main symptoms of acute colitis

Acute colitis develops spontaneously, paroxysmally, against the background of a general well-being of health. Symptoms can follow one after another, at intervals in time, or all manifest at once;

• the strongest pain in the bowels, manifested as spasms;
• bloating;
• a loose stool (diarrhea) that repeats itself repeatedly;
• frequent urge to act of defecation, ending with no result;
• may be nausea accompanied by vomiting;
• malaise and weakness;
• weight loss due to fluid loss;

If you do not take urgent medication, suffering can last up to several weeks. After some time, if you do not get treatment, the pain in the bowels will subside, the symptoms will gradually go away, and the acute colitis will go to the stage of chronic colitis.

Symptoms of chronic colitis

• the presence of mucus with blood streaks in the feces;
• pain in the bowels of different locations (every day it hurts in a new place);
• frequent constipation followed by diarrhea.

General state of health, in most cases, does not suffer. There is a slight malaise, nausea, bloating, especially in the evening hours. Chronic colitis is dangerous in that the inflammation involves the muscle-ligament apparatus, which leads to a change in the total length of the intestine. It either shortens or lengthens, spikes, polyps, ulcers are formed. Blood vessels suffer, because of this, there is blood in the feces. The presence of clots of mucus indicates a strong swelling of the intestinal mucosa.

Constant pain in the intestines leads to loss of appetite, which, in turn, leads to weight loss. Therefore, people suffering from chronic forms of colitis have a deficiency in muscle mass.

Diagnosis and treatment of colitis

Treatment of acute colitis is the urgent hospitalization of the patient. Pain in the bowels should in no case be attempted to reduce yourself with the help of painkillers. Self-medication leads to the fact that the picture of the disease is "smeared" and the probability of making an incorrect diagnosis is great. After hospitalization, tests for the microflora are taken to identify the causative agent of infection, endoscopic methods of investigation are used - sigmoidoscopy, irrigoscopy and colonoscopy.

In acute forms of colitis, treatment begins with the purification of the body of toxins:

• gastric lavage and setting of siphon enemas;
• application of enterosorbents;
• replenishment of lost fluid (due to frequent vomiting and diarrhea) through intravenous infusions (rehydration solutions) and drinking (warm tea);
• after the removal of acute symptoms, enzymes and prebiotics are prescribed.

In chronic colitis, during an exacerbation, treatment is carried out in a hospital. Before the beginning of treatment, the analysis is collected for the installation of a form of colitis - infectious or parasitic. Depending on the detected pathogen, drug therapy is prescribed: everything begins with a fractional sparing diet, the use of enzymes, antibiotics of a wide spectrum. Medicinal therapy is prescribed for each individual, taking into account accompanying diseases, the presence of allergic reactions and other characteristics of the body.

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Participants in the digestive system

The gastrointestinal tract is a whole system of organs that performs the same functions - splitting, suction and excretion. The food is split, the components of food are absorbed, what is rendered unusable for the organism is deduced. To understand at what stage and what can cause pain in the bowels, let's look at the list of participants in the digestive system.

The organs that form it are commonly called the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and include:

• oral cavity;
• esophagus;
• stomach;
• duodenum;
• small intestine;
• large intestine;
• sigmoid colon;
• rectum.

A separate list of the glands involved in digestion. These include:

• salivary glands;
• pancreas;
• liver and gallbladder.

How to prevent bowel pain?

Healthy food, active way of life, refusal of cigarettes and alcohol, exclusion of solid food - that's what every organism needs for normal life. Experts recommend the use of fermented milk products, it is best not fatty kefir, with a shelf life not later than 3 days from the date of manufacture. Drinking at night a glass of fresh yogurt will forever make you forget about what is pain in the bowels, in addition, it will quench the feeling of hunger, support the natural microflora of the intestine, reduce peristalsis and bring many more useful.