Spastic colitis occurs mostly due to an abnormal lifestyle, addictions, errors in the diet and frequent stressful situations. It is quite easy to treat, but it happens only if the timely diagnosis of this functional disorder of the intestine, the appointment of adequate complex therapy and patient compliance with all the recommendations of the doctor. If you do not take any measures to get rid of this disease, it can be fraught with such complications as intestinal obstruction, for the treatment of which surgical intervention is required.
In order to correctly choose a method of treating spastic colitis, which is individual for each patient, an assessment of the state of the lower divisions of the digestive tract is necessary. It is performed in the diagnosis of the disease with the help of such studies as sigmoidoscopy and fibrocolonoscopy. It is with the help of them that it becomes possible to identify those parts of the mucosa that have undergone inflammation. At the same time, the evacuation force of the intestine and its tone are evaluated.
How to treat spastic colitis?
The method of therapy of this disease depends on the following factors:
- In what form is the pathology - acute or chronic;
- Which clinical manifestations are most pronounced;
- The severity of the pathological process caused by spastic colitis occurring in the mucosa;
- An important role in the treatment of the disease is played by the patient's age, as well as the etiological factors that caused the disease. Proceeding from all this, the specialist also makes appropriate appointments, the observance of which will provide the patient with a quick recovery.
Complex therapeutic measures are usually used for the treatment of spastic colitis, since the use of certain medicines in this disease is not sufficiently effective:
- Elimination of the etiologic factor of this pathology;
- Medication therapy, which includes tablets, injections and medicinal enemas;
- Therapeutic diet, selected by a specialist based on the factors of spastic colitis, constipation or diarrhea.
Only with complex therapy of the disease is it possible to quickly and effectively rid the patient of the pathological process taking place in the intestine.
Treatment of spastic colitis with constipation of
Many patients who have this unpleasant symptom are concerned with the question of how to adjust the intestine, and at the same time the quality of life. The chair with this pathology is missing for 2-3 days, during which a person has sharp pains that are spastic, and bloating. It occurs because of strong gas formation and is accompanied by grumbling sounds and flatulence. Fecal masses with colitis with constipation come out difficult, small fragmented dry lumps, with the allocation of a large amount of mucus.
Treatment of the disease in this case is aimed at restoring the weakened intestinal tone and consists of such complementary components as drug therapy, enemas with medicinal preparations and herbal decoctions, herbal medicine and diet. Only in the case when all these types of therapy work together, it is possible to quickly restore the tone of the patient's digestive organs and get rid of constipation and other unpleasant symptoms of spastic colitis.
To conduct drug therapy aimed at relieving the patient of constipation should not be strongly active laxatives, as they cause rapid addiction and after a short time give the opposite effect. It is best to use soft laxative laxative tablets for this purpose. These drugs act without irritating the intestines, but gently stimulating its emptying.
The effect of treating spastic colitis with tablets does not come very quickly, but it is more resistant and does not cause habituation. In addition, they are not contraindicated even for young children. The big plus of them is that after the therapeutic measures carried out with their help are over, the intestine starts working independently.
Treatment of chronic spastic colitis
Medical therapy of the disease with the help of tablets, medicinal enemas and other methods is carried out during the period of exacerbation of the functional disorder of the intestine proceeding according to the chronic type and does not differ from the treatment of its acute form. But at appointments in this case the expert considers those factors which have provoked a relapse of a spastic colitis.
Usually, the severity of the symptoms present in this functional disorder, with a chronic form of flow, may be smeared and weakly expressed. This gives the specialist the opportunity to tackle the elimination of the causes that cause the chronic nature of the disease.
Since for the most part the transition of spastic colitis to a chronic form of leakage is caused by nutritional disorders of the diet, treatment begins with carrying out with the patient the work on the proper formation of it and the selection of a suitable diet. Also, for timely and easy separation of stools, it is recommended to eat foods containing vegetable fiber daily and drink at least 2 liters of water or fruit decoctions.
In addition to diet in the treatment of chronic forms of spastic colitis during the remission of the disease, it is recommended to pay attention to lifestyle changes. You should start moving actively, walk more and do some light sports. It is very good in the treatment of spastic colitis to not grasp the laxative tablets during the delay of the stool, but to start every day with a charge. Specially selected exercises contribute to strengthening the muscles of the abdominal wall and improve blood flow in the intestines, which helps it to work better.