Intestinal colic. Symptoms, causes, treatment

Intestinal colic, what is it? This is a strong attack of pain in the intestines, which indicate the diseases and disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. Such a colic disease can not be called. It is more a symptom, a manifestation of other diseases. What are intestinal colic, the symptoms, the causes of their appearance and the methods of treatment we will consider in this article.

What are the causes of colic?

Let's talk in more detail about what can cause intestinal colic, the symptoms of which we will consider below:

• Spasms of the colon and bowel disease;
• Stretching of the intestinal loop;
• Irritation of nerve endings on the walls of the intestine;
• Intestinal obstruction due to accumulation of fecal masses, violations of motility of the colon or any other obstruction.

Provoke all this can often stress, lifting weights, increased physical activity, poisoning, infection. Intestinal colic, the symptoms of which have an acute manifestation, can also be caused by malnutrition, abuse of too fatty foods and poorly digested foods.

Symptoms of colic

Not to notice its appearance is quite difficult due to pronounced signs. Intestinal colic symptoms can have the following:

1. Spasms in the intestines, accompanied by acute rapidly growing pain in the groin.
2. Pain in men can give to the testicles, and in women - to the genitals.
3. Sensation of "swelling" of the abdomen.
4. Excretion of mucus in feces.
5. Violation of the calorie, diarrhea.
6. Painful sensations when pressing on the stomach.
7. Nausea, dizziness is possible.
8. In the presence of gastritis, the patient may lose his appetite, vomiting may appear.

A similar state of time can last a couple of hours or even a few days. Intestinal colic in children is expressed in excitement, anxiety, irritability, crying and pulling the legs to the stomach. Such symptoms disappear after the gases come off and can be associated with:

• Lag in the development of different organs during the first weeks and months of life;
• Habituation to breast milk.

Treatment of colic

Intestinal colic, the symptoms that we have already considered previously, appears, as a rule, unexpectedly, and it is helped by severe shocks and stresses. At the time of its appearance, you need to do everything to relieve the pain, that is, block the spasms. After this, the patient should visit a doctor to find out the cause of colic. Of course, it could have been caused by simple overstrain, but it is impossible to exclude the presence of infections that can lead to serious consequences. As a first aid, the patient needs warmth in the groin area and pain medications (for example, "No-shpa" medication). To do this, you can use a heating pad or an ordinary plastic bottle filled with hot water. Take food for 12 hours is not recommended. It is better to do with weak tea and crackers. To clear the intestine, you can use an enema. If all the above-described actions did not come up and the condition was repeated, then a visit to the hospital is mandatory.