Spastic Colitis - Symptoms and Treatment

Treatment of irritable bowel syndrome or spastic colitis, depending on the severity of the symptoms can be carried out with diets, herbs and tablets. After all, such a disease can manifest itself in different ways. Some may have diarrhea, and someone will suffer from constipation. To correctly determine the degree of the disease and start treatment, you should know all its signs.

Symptoms of spastic colitis

Determine the disease can be on the following grounds:

• pains below and in the lateral parts of the abdomen, which increase after eating and subside after defecation;
• nausea;
• weakness;
• poor appetite;
• dry and dense feces;
• diarrhea after eating;
• flatulence and rumbling in the abdomen;
• the stool contains not completely digested pieces of food;
• feeling of incomplete bowel movement;
• feces with veins of blood, and also with mucus.

All these symptoms can significantly deplete a person and he gradually loses weight, and hypovitaminosis and anemia can also occur.

Diagnosis of the disease

If the patient periodically alternates diarrhea with constipation, the specialist is already beginning to recognize chronic spastic colitis. For further definition, endoscopic methods are prescribed, for example, sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy. In this disease, the walls of the intestine are swollen and covered with mucus, and during periods of exacerbation they become more friable and can be covered with erosive elements.

Medication for spastic colitis

To eliminate the disease, it is necessary to use medications that will remove the symptoms and the cause of the disease, as well as adhere to a certain diet. Treatment of spastic colitis with tablets consists in taking the following drugs:

• non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs;
• antibacterial medicines;
• antispasmodics ;
• enzymatic drugs;
• enterosorbents.

A specialist can prescribe cleansing and therapeutic enemas that will help wash up harmful substances. In addition, they help to get the medical solution directly to the problem area. Such enemas are made with the help of decoctions of medicinal herbs, for example, chamomile and calendula.

Treatment of spastic colitis with folk remedies

Thanks to some medicinal herbs and products, you can remove painful symptoms and eliminate the cause of the disease. So, for example, spastic colitis with constipation can be treated with brine pickle, a glass of which you need to drink after eating. A laxative effect is also possessed by the juice of onions, which must be taken before meals, one teaspoonful. If you decide to treat the spastic colitis of the intestine with the help of herbs, then you must remember that only regular reception of them will help to cope with the problem.

Recipe # 1:

1. One spoonful of herb wormwood or a chernobylnik should be filled with a glass of boiling water.
2. Infuse for 4 hours.
3. Then strain and take three spoons before eating.

Recipe # 2:

1. It is necessary to carefully grate or grind in a coffee grinder the mother-and-stepmother's grass into powder.
2. Before eating, take 1/3 of a teaspoonful of the powder obtained, washed down with warm milk or water with honey.
3. The remedy perfectly copes with colic and reduces pain.

Recipe # 3:

1. It is necessary to take five parts of the herb oregano and chamomile.
2. Add one part of the valerian root.
3. From this collection should be prepared infusion.
4. Take half the glass twice a day after meals.

Infusion perfectly copes with gas formation.

Recipe # 4:

1. A teaspoon of flax seeds should be filled with a glass of boiling water.
2. Insist for one hour.
3. The broth should be taken before eating. He perfectly copes with constipation and signs of colitis.

Recipe # 5:

1. Mix in equal parts the fruits of fennel, St. John's wort, mint leaves, valerian root.
2. Pour a liter of water and boil in a water bath.
3. The resulting broth should be taken half the glass before eating.

Copes well with exacerbation of colitis, reduces pain.