Total colitis is a subtype of ulcerative colitis - a pathology of the colon, expressed by a chronic inflammatory process. Such a disease is characterized by the development of ulcers and hemorrhage in the mucosa of the colon. It can be affected, as separate parts of the colon, and completely the whole area of the organ. In this case it is the inflammation of the entire intestine. Often, women of the same age range from 20 to 40 years old. What is characteristic of total colitis is that it affects not only the entire epithelium of the large intestine but also penetrates into the deepest layers.
Physicians identified the fact that almost every second person at least once in his life experienced symptoms similar to those of colitis. All because of the fact that the large intestine is a very important and multifunctional organ in our body, and therefore any disturbance affects the human condition negatively. The large intestine is provided with many useful enzymes, hormones and amino acids. In addition, it performs a protective function, which allows the destruction of harmful microbes, for example, pathogenic. But the main function is the motor function, which allows the digested food to move along the intestine to the exit.
Total colitis: symptoms and diagnosis
Total colitis is usually attributed to the chronic course of the disease.
Symptoms:
- Fever at a temperature above 38 degrees.
- Tachycardia.
- Dizziness.
- General weakness and malaise.
- Weight Loss.
- Frequent stool( more than 6 times a day).
- Increased heart rate( more than 90 beats per minute).
- The development of anemia is accompanied by pallor of the skin.
- There is a large amount of blood discharge with feces.
- Stretching and cramping pain in the abdomen.
To diagnose total colitis begin with the patient's admission, with his complaints and the delivery of tests. Secondary procedures are examination, signs of anemia, palpation of the abdomen. Additional studies include laboratory, x-ray and endoscopic studies.
Laboratory tests:
- General blood test.
- Standard studies that are generally accepted for inpatient treatment of a patient.
- Blood for clotting.
Very often, with total colitis, endoscopic studies are used - fibroconoscopy and irrigoscopy. Fibrocolonoscopy is an examination of the internal state of the intestine through a chamber that is inserted through the anus. In this case, the patient's condition should not be acute, otherwise there may be complications, up to the perforation of the gut.
Irrigoscopy is less effective, but more secure. In the rectum, a suspension of barium is administered using an enema.