Colitis is called inflammation of the mucous membrane of the large intestine. In chronic form, it causes changes in the mucosa, which leads to violations of the motor and secretory functions of the colon. This common disease of the digestive system can be combined with inflammation of the stomach and small intestine.
Can colitis occur in pancreatitis? As is known, with pancreatitis - inflammation of the pancreas, it begins to digest its own tissues. And such a disease can cause chronic colitis.
As a result of a prolonged gross violation of the healthy diet, accompanying colitis accompanies such diseases as achilic gastritis, chronic enteritis and pancreatitis with exocrine insufficiency. This is because with these diseases the food is not digested enough, and the mucous membrane of the colon is constantly irritated by its remnants.
The main symptoms are dull, aching, cramping pains. If, in inflammation of the pancreas, the pain is concentrated in the upper part of the abdomen and can be shingling, then with inflammation of the mucous membrane of the colon, the pain occurs alternately in different areas of the abdomen, without a clear localization. It intensifies after eating and weakens after bowel movement and the escape of gases. There is bloating, rumbling in the abdomen, unstable stool, there is a feeling that the intestine is not completely emptied, there is an admixture of mucus and blood clots in the stool. When probing the abdomen, the pain is felt along the course of the large intestine.
Diet in colitis and pancreatitis
Colitis, like inflammation of the pancreas, most often occurs due to malnutrition, so to prevent these diseases you need to adjust your regimen. In its treatment, as well as in pancreatitis, the first few days of fasting, and then the patient eats on a special sparing diet. It is dominated by dishes that do not irritate the mucous - mashed soups, steam cutlets, vegetable and mashed potatoes. Food should contain proteins( 100 grams per day) and easily digestible fats - vegetable and butter( 100 g), as well as carbohydrates( up to 500 g per day).
Pancreatitis can not be loaded with the pancreas by digesting coarse fiber, as it requires enhanced enzyme release. Colitis also requires culinary processing of fresh vegetables and fruits - steaming, wiping through a sieve, so that rough food does not irritate the mucosa of the large intestine.
Pancreatitis and enterocolitis
The classic symbiosis of pancreatitis and enterocolitis is a fairly common phenomenon and is associated with the same causes of the development of these diseases. At the initial stages, clinical pictures of diseases are very similar, and it is possible to reveal the true nature of the patient's ailment only with the help of special medical equipment and qualitative research of the results of the analyzes.
These diseases, with proper and timely treatment, are eliminated in the shortest possible time. However, in advanced cases, their combination can lead to extremely serious consequences, which can provoke the development of cancerous tumors. Enterocolitis, by the degree of danger, stands a step above pancreatitis, as it is a rapidly progressive disease, accompanied by all sorts of complications: hepatitis, nephritis, cystitis, etc.
The appearance of enterocolitis, as well as pancreatitis, can be avoided if you seek help from an experienced gastroenterologist in time. Both diseases are quite specific, and therefore require a thorough diagnosis of the body and appropriate treatment under hospital conditions.