Inflammatory processes in the small intestine, provoked by various pathogens, parasites or mechanical injuries, cause enteritis - the symptoms of the disease include a complex of phenomena that characterize the acute or chronic form of pathology. The latter, as a rule, develops gradually due to lack of treatment.
Symptoms of acute enteritis in humans
This type of disease manifests itself in the form of clearly expressed and suddenly emerging signs:
- abdominal pain;
- general malaise
- bloating;
- nausea and vomiting;
- lagging of the tongue with white coating ;
- an increase in temperature from 37 to 39, sometimes higher values are observed;
- headache;
- liquid stool (up to 10-20 times a day);
- dehydration;
- rumbling in the abdomen;
- weight loss;
- dryness of the tongue and mucous membranes of the oral cavity;
- convulsions;
- blood clotting disorders;
- shock or confluence into a coma.
In the absence of additional bowel diseases and complications, the symptomatology disappears rather quickly, especially if the treatment is started on time.
There are various forms of described pathology, so it is important to correctly diagnose the disease. Some species affect animals only. For example, the symptoms of parvovirus enteritis are observed exclusively in dogs, the person is only a carrier of the pathogen and does not suffer from this type of disease.
Symptoms of chronic intestinal enteritis
It should be noted that this form of inflammation always occurs either against the background of other intestinal diseases, or because of the complication of acute enteritis. In this case, various signs may appear, depending on the location, severity, the presence of tissue atrophy and the area of intestinal lesions.
Common Symptoms:
- Pain syndrome. As a rule, it is weak and rarely occurs. The pain is dull, disturbing in the center of the abdomen, especially when pressing slightly above and to the left of the navel. In the case when uncomfortable sensations are amplified by walking and jumping, there is a possibility of joining perivistserita.
- Sensation of bowel movement.
- Increased gas production and flatulence .
- Rumbling of the abdomen.
- Nausea, rarely vomiting. These phenomena are especially pronounced after food intake due to acceleration of intestinal peristalsis, violation of digestion and absorption processes;
- Dumping syndrome (with severe form of enteritis). It consists of general weakness and often dizziness;
- Symptoms of Obraztsov and Stenberg. When palpation on the line of the mesentery part of the small intestine, there is splash, rumbling, pain.
- Frequent and soft, mushy stool (more than 15 times a day). Has an unpleasant, putrid smell, contains gas bubbles and undigested food remnants.
- Polyphecal. The daily volume of fecal gas is too large, up to 2 kg.
- Intolerance to whole milk. After eating the product, diarrhea occurs and gas formation in the intestine increases.
- Weakness, tremor of the hands.
- Rarely - constipation. Usually they are considered symptoms of reflux enteritis, which develops due to throwing the contents of the blind section into the terminal areas of the ileum.
If therapy is not available, other digestive disorders are added to the examined disease. Then the list of clinical manifestations is replenished with signs of atrophic gastritis, dyspepsia, hypoglycemia, pancreatic lesions. Also over time, trophic disorders are observed:
- dryness of the skin;
- hair loss, often - intense;
- brittle nails;
- muscle weakness;
- pain in the joints;
- insomnia.