Signs and treatment of the disease.
Colitis is an inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the inside the colon (the Latin name of the large intestine “colon”).
Inflammation can be caused by various reasons, among them bacterial and viral infections, use of antibiotics.
More severe and long the current disease – ulcerative colitis. When it happens, in addition to inflammation, ulceration of the walls of the colon. In ulcerative colitis the risk of occurrence of malignant tumors of the large intestine. The reason for it is unknown.
The symptoms of the disease colitis:
Diarrhea, often with blood and mucus (can persist for a long time)
Pain and painful spasms of the abdomen
Fever (rise of emperature)
The symptoms of nonspecific ulcerative colitis may disappear, but sooner or later always come back. In most cases, the symptoms of nonspecific ulcerative colitis first occur between the ages of 20 to 30 years.
Allopathic medicine for colitis usually offers people suffering from colitis, to comply with some measures of chemoprophylactic. In the treatment medications are used. Often prescribed bed rest. In severe diarrhea, patients are hungry, you are allowed to drink only water, tea (except black tea which can irritate the colon) or clear broth.
However, if fasting lasts more than five days, medical supervision is necessary. If diagnosed with an infection can help the treatment with antibiotics.
Treatment of nonspecific ulcerative colitis
Still not found the means to complete cure of ulcerative colitis. So treatment is to relieve symptoms of the disease.
Are usually prescribed the following medications:
corticosteroids;
sulfasalazinezapomnit (drugs that suppress the immune response) – when there is no effect of the treatment of other drugs.
If multiple courses of medical treatment are not effective, resort to surgical removal of part of the colon and rectum.
