Currently, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract are quite common. You can find their symptoms yourself. In hospitals with severe cases of a particular disease, even children 6 to 7 years old fall. The cause of many gastrointestinal diseases is malnutrition, abuse of junk food, lemonades and other harmful products. Consider the main diseases and their symptoms so that you can determine that you are dealing with violations in the digestive tract.
Let's start with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. How do they affect the intestines? The diseases whose symptoms we describe are inflammatory. They have common symptoms.
- Chronic diarrhea. The inflammatory process mainly affects the intestinal wall. As a result of this, water cannot be absorbed by the intestines, and its excess is excreted in the form of loose stools.
- Cramping and pain. The intestinal walls as a result of illnesses are highly inflamed, and scars gradually form in these places. They make bowel obstruction difficult. This causes severe pain and periodic cramping when moving stool through the lumen. Sometimes it can even be accompanied by vomiting.
- Blood stool. The intestinal cells are very inflamed, as a result of which the movement of feces can disrupt the integrity of the mucosa. Damaged areas will begin to bleed.
- Loss of appetite. Painful cramps, an inflammatory process on the intestinal walls can cause a significant decrease in appetite.
- Weight loss. The inflamed intestine cannot fully absorb all the beneficial substances that come with food into the body. Due to this violation, a person gradually begins to lose weight.
- Fever. This symptom is characteristic of many bowel diseases.
The difference between Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis is that the first one can affect any part of the intestine, and the second affects only the large and rectum. Diseases, symptoms of more serious diseases, we consider below.
Due to inflammatory processes in the intestine, additional disorders can form. Thus, a lack of nutrients in the body leads to cracks in the anus. What causes unpleasant pain and is the cause of the appearance of blood in the feces.
Ulcerative colitis can cause severe complications in the form of paralysis, which affects the large intestine. Disease symptoms have the following: high body temperature, pain, bloating, weakness. In this case, any movement of contents in the intestine ceases. If this condition is not treated, it can lead to rupture of the colon, and then to peritonitis. And this is already fraught with death. Therefore, you need to be very attentive to your own health.
Crohn's disease and colitis increase the chance of developing cancer that affects the colon. Diseases, symptoms, as you see, become more severe. The main factor in the development of cancer is the duration of the course of the inflammatory disease. If a person is not involved in treatment, then over time, an inferior tumor may form. Any inflammatory process in the intestine at the initial stage can be easily cured, so do not start the disease.
Enteritis is a disease of the small intestine. Their symptoms are: diarrhea, pain in the navel, the presence in the stool of undigested food residues, mucus, etc.
If you notice one of the forms of intestinal inflammation, then do not hesitate and go to a gastroenterologist. The doctor will conduct a full examination and prescribe you treatment and proper nutrition. This approach to your health will avoid any complications of the disease.