How is colitis treated?

Colitis in adults is an inflammation of the intestinal mucosa, specifically the colon.

Colitis of the intestine is most common among diseases of the organs of the gastrointestinal tract.

The causative agent of colitis in most cases are pathogenic microorganisms, as well as intoxication of the body.

Especially dangerous is the illness in adults with its complications, including intestinal bleeding, perforation and colon cancer.

In this regard, treatment should begin as soon as possible. What are the main causes and signs of inflammation of the colon - how to recognize the disease and cure it in time?

Nature and causes of colitis

Colon inflammation is the most common disease of the digestive system in men and women.

This disease is characterized by damage to the mucous membranes of the intestine, as well as its muscle layer, as a result of which the body loses its ability to function normally, and the entire digestive system fails.

The fact is that the large intestine is one of the most important organs of the digestive system.

The large intestine not only participates in the digestion of food and pushes it through the intestines, but also develops an important protective function, destroying pathogens, contributes to the development of the necessary enzymes and hormones that regulate the vital activity of the entire human body.

Unfortunately, as practice shows, the large intestine is a very vulnerable organ. During the course of life, signs of a particular form of colitis are observed in every person.

In women, this disease is more common: inflammation of the colon affects both young women 20 - 25 years old, and( more often) older women - 65 - 80 years.

In young men, signs of inflammation of the colon are extremely rare, often the ailment affects men after 40 years.

As already noted, the causes, or rather, the causative agents of colitis are bacteria. This is, first of all, a dysenteric rod, streptococci, staphylococcus, a whole group of bacteria protea, colibacillus.

Thus, for colitis, there are such causes as: dysentery and other intestinal infections, intoxication after food poisoning( possible causes - endogenous or exogenous intoxication), allergic reactions.

The causes of colitis can also be found in other pathologies of the digestive system, for example, gastritis, cholecystitis, pancreatitis.

Secondary causes of colitis in adults are unbalanced nutrition and associated frequent constipation, helminthic invasions, antibiotic therapy, persistent stress, severe physical overstrain.

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Separately it is worth noting that in young women suffering from colitis, the cause of pathology is often malnutrition.

In an effort to pay tribute to the fashion that welcomes harmony and beauty, very young girls of 15 - 17 years begin to exhaust themselves with starvation, diets, inexperienced feed little, irregularly and unbalanced.

As a result, the body lacks the nutrients it needs, the digestive system is disturbed, and by the age of 20 the young woman has all the signs of chronic colitis and a whole bunch of other diseases of the internal organs.

Types of colitis

To date, the most common classification, according to which there are 5 types of colitis.

This:

1. infectious colitis is the most common form of the disease, it is provoked by intestinal infections;
2. acute colitis - characterized by intensive course of the disease, associated with inflammation of the small intestine and stomach;
3. chronic colitis - develops due to improper treatment of acute disease, as well as regular low-quality nutrition;Characterized by periods of exacerbation and remission;
4. ischemic - suggests insufficient blood supply to the thick kiki;
5. Ulcerative colitis is the most rare type of disease, characterized by the presence of ulcers in the colon shell.

By nature of the flow, acute and chronic colitis is isolated. The symptomatology of each form of the disease is naturally different.

So, if you enter the query "colitis of the intestine symptoms" or "signs of acute colitis in adults" in the search system, a lot of answers will appear, from which it follows that the acute form of the disease is characterized primarily by severe pains in the lower abdomen, flatulence, diarrhea with an admixtureMucus and blood, vomiting with an admixture of mucus, high temperature.

Symptoms of chronic colitis in adults are often erased, implicit, and therefore the disease often goes into a neglected form, which is much more difficult and longer to treat.

Symptoms of chronic inflammation of the colon are similar to those of a banal stomach disorder, which is why patients often do not pay proper attention to these symptoms. So, the signs of chronic colitis: fast fatigue, poor health, nausea after eating, problems with defecation - diarrhea alternates with constipation, tenesmus( false urges to defecate), discomfort in the abdomen, short-term cramping pains.

Therapy features

Colitis treatment is usually a long and expensive process. Treatment of the disease should be comprehensive and must include the removal of the cause.

For example, if gastritis develops as a consequence of the body's immune response to an allergen, then first remove this allergen from the patient's environment.

The latter needs to restore the body, drink antihistamines, and after that to take the inflammation of the colon.

If it is a question of colitis against a background of gastritis or cholecystitis, primary treatment will be treatment of these diseases, and already secondary - treatment of inflammation of the large intestine.

Thus, treatment of colitis is prescribed according to the etiology of the disease. If its nature is contagious, it is mandatory to take antibiotics. These are such preparations as: "Tsifran", "Rifaximin", "Enterofuril".

According to the same logic, treatment of colitis caused by helminthic invasion passes with the use of anthelmintic agents. Preparations: Levamisol, Medamin, Pirantel.

However, antibiotics for colitis should not be taken for longer than a week, as this may aggravate the course of the disease.

Treatment of acute colitis is impossible without taking antispasmodics, as patients, as a rule, complain about extremely severe pain syndrome.

Such drugs as "Spazmalgon", "No-shpa", "Papaverin" are indicated for use. In this case, despite the different forms of release( injections, tablets), tablets are not desirable in colitis, since they irritate the mucosa of the large intestine.

For inflammation of the colon, pain medications, antispasmodics, it is desirable to administer intramuscularly.

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An important issue in the treatment of colitis is the elimination of complications of the disease. Among the most common complications of colitis are proctitis, affecting the sigmoid and rectum.

To remove inflammation in the lower parts of the intestine, candle-shaped drugs are often used.

These are, first of all, preparations based on belladonna, anesthesin, methyluracil. Preparations: "Hydrocortisone", "Dexamethasone".

Cleansing enemas based on medicinal herbs are also shown. Mandatory in the treatment of the rectum are normalization of the stool and intestinal microflora.

In this case, respectively, prescribed drugs for constipation or diarrhea, probiotics( "Bifiform", "Linex"), enzymes( "Creon"), sorbents( Enterosgel, Filtrum, etc.).

Its features have treatment for colitis of the initial stages and severe forms of the disease. Thus, mild inflammation of the colon is removed with the help of preparations based on mesalazine( tablets "Mesalazine", "Salofalk").

Prednisolone is also administered orally. In severe cases of colitis, in the case of an exacerbation of the disease, Prednisolone is used, but already in the form of injections. In case of severe heat and fever, "Ciprofloxacin" is indicated.

The mandatory for the treatment of chronic colitis is the intravenous administration of "Azathioprine", "Reopoliglyukin".

In particularly difficult cases with a high probability of death, plasmapheresis can be performed. If the drug treatment does not bring the desired effect, then the operation is performed on the large intestine.

Physiotherapy and diet for colitis

Physiotherapy procedures play an important role in the treatment of inflammation of the colon mucosa.

Treatment of colitis in parallel with drug therapy and the elimination of the root cause of the disease should be done through such procedures as: electrophoresis, UHF and magnetotherapy, ultraviolet irradiation, paraffin and mud applications. All these procedures the patient passes in the hospital.

At home, colitis can be treated with a low-energy laser. However, you can treat at home only chronic colitis during the remission period.

In case of an exacerbation of the disease, therapy should be performed in a hospital, under the supervision of specialists, since in the case of improper treatment at home, the situation can be aggravated.

If the patient is really better, he is in the stage of stable remission, then the doctor can recommend to him also LFK.This, above all, breathing exercises, sports walking, swimming, self-massage of the abdomen.

Separately it is necessary to consider such an important issue as nutrition in colitis. Eating in case of acute inflammation of the colon should be extremely selective.

So, for the period of the attack, two days are not recommended to eat at all, only a plentiful drink with the use of medicinal mineral waters is shown.

After this, it is allowed to gradually introduce food, but it should be "healthy": steamed or boiled.

It is allowed to eat lean meat and fish, rice, stewed vegetables. Fat, fried, hot, and sweets in colitis should be excluded.

You should also refrain from using hard-to-digestible foods high in fiber( cabbage, mushrooms, rye bread, barley porridge, raw vegetables).Do not use alcoholic and sweet fizzy drinks.

The diet for chronic and acute colitis is somewhat different. So, in the first case, nutrition is aimed at normalizing the processes of digestion, restoring intestinal microflora.

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In acute colitis, accompanied by stools, diarrhea and nausea, the diet is designed to reduce intestinal motility, normalize the stool.

A general table for a patient with inflammation of the large intestine can be prescribed only during a period of persistent remission, an apparent positive dynamics of recovery.

However, in this case, the use of harmful food such as fast food, smoked products, too spicy and fatty is not recommended.

Use of folk remedies

We note at once that the use of folk remedies and independent, "home" treatment of colitis is possible only as a supplement to the therapy prescribed by a qualified specialist.

In case of detection of the first signs of colitis, you should immediately consult a gastroenterologist and take the necessary tests, undergo hardware tests.

If the diagnosis is made, and the doctor gives the go-ahead for using "grandmother's recipes" at home, you can resort to phytotherapy.

When it comes to chronic colitis, one of the reasons for which are permanent constipation, in addition to a special diet that includes laxatives, you can take laxative herbal infusions. These are, first of all, collections from the bark of buckthorn, licorice, fennel and anise, black elderberry.

If the ailment is accompanied by flatulence and bloating, it is advisable to drink infusions with the root of valerian, dill, joster.

To stop diarrhea and normalize the intestinal microflora, infusions on the basis of the rhizome of the mountaineer snake, erect erect cedar, cherry fruit, as well as immortelle and caraway will help.

In case of presence of ulcers in the large intestine and bloody discharge in the feces, the blood-restoring and wound-healing infusions of the shepherd's bag, the bug, the plantain, the herb of the mountaineer bird are relevant.

Beneficial effect on the intestinal microflora and the entire digestive system infusions of chamomile and mint, oregano, thyme.

In addition to herbs, in the treatment of colitis, it is possible to achieve improvements in infusions based on watermelon peel, badana, pomegranate( used peel), walnuts. Juice of onion, aloe and calanchoe, propolis and honey are also used.

In the Internet, you can find such a popular prescription for the treatment of colitis: it is necessary to mix aloe and calanchoe juice in equal parts, melted linden honey.

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It is recommended to take such sweet medicine on a tablespoon three times a day for at least two weeks.

A good effect can be achieved, also using herbal enemas: traditional medicine recommends the introduction of a microclyster based on chamomile with honey, diluted starch into the rectum.

Thus, the treatment options for colitis to date are numerous, inflammation of the colon is curable.

The main thing is to carefully treat your health and do not neglect visits to the doctor and regular physical examinations. The earlier the disease is detected, the easier it is to get rid of it.

Stay healthy!