The intestinal baugin flap is a tightly closed fold of natural origin, formed at the junction of the small and large intestines. Its functional purpose is to ensure the movement of intestinal contents in the direction from the ileum to the blind.
Insufficiency of the ileocecal valve (another name for this organ) causes the reflux of food masses in the opposite direction. The Bauginium damper in case of functional impairment leads to congestion of the small intestine with the microflora of the colon and, as a result, its inflammation. A regular manifestation of this pathology causes a disease called chronic enteritis.
Causes of the disease
The Bauginiya damper, the shape of the opening of which can be open round, closed-lip-shaped, half-open-slit-shaped, can stop performing its natural functions for the following reasons:
- congenital anatomical abnormalities and defects;
- consequences of surgery;
- inflammatory processes in nearby organs, such as the ovaries;
- the presence in the body of pathogenic microbes that enter inside with food;
- neurological diseases.
Insufficiency due to psychosomatics
Separately, I want to highlight the psychosomatic causes that are provocateurs of almost half of all diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Mentality and somatics (soul and body) are an integral single system with a strong interconnection of components. Any deep emotional experience is reflected in the physical health of a person, and, conversely, unimportant well-being directly affects thoughts, mood, behavior. The Bauginium damper, the treatment of pathologies of which in most cases is successful, is also no exception and can become inflamed for psychosomatic reasons.
Symptoms of the disease
The insufficiency of the bauginium damper is a poorly studied disease, since it is characterized by rather nonspecific symptoms:
- flatulence (excessive accumulation of gases),
- violation of the stool: diarrhea and constipation;
- bubbling in the stomach, which is especially well heard when pressing on the stomach, namely in the area of the right hypochondrium;
- bad breath, the presence of bitterness in the oral cavity;
- heartburn, nausea, belching;
- pain in the right side. The pain is non-intense, periodic, often occurs some time after a meal;
- dizziness;
- heart palpitations;
- fatigue;
- weight loss.
In most cases, insufficiency of the bauginium damper is detected completely by accident (during the examination of the body or during screening) and may be mistaken for another disease.
Bauginiya damper: diagnostic methods
You can see the Bauginia flap and accurately determine its functionality by conducting a colonoscopy, which allows you to examine in detail the ileum, the small intestine mucosa, and also to identify the inflammatory processes present in the body.
Diagnosis of the pathology of the ileocecal valve can be done by several methods, one of which is irrigoscopy, which consists in introducing a contrast agent with barium content into the rectum and subsequent radiography. The ongoing manipulations allow you to see the distribution of the contrast medium and put on the basis of what you saw a presumptive diagnosis, which can be confirmed by the method of endoscopic examination.
A rather effective and expensive diagnostic method is capsular endoscopy, during which the patient needs to swallow a miniature video camera equipped with a power source. To date, this method is the most reliable and the only one that allows you to fully examine the inside of the small intestine.
Bauginia flap insufficiency: treatment
The revealed pathology of the ileocecal valve is treated exclusively in a hospital setting and only with the use of an integrated approach. If the development of inflammation occurs due to the presence of an infection in the body, doctors prescribe antiviral drugs and antibacterial agents.With the anatomical nature of the disease, treatment is carried out not only with drugs (containing magnesium), but also with surgical intervention, which consists in narrowing the bauginium damper. Such manipulations can reduce the amount of content returning back to the small intestine.
The key to health is the correct mode of the day
Therapy is aimed at both eliminating the symptoms and relieving inflammation and swelling. The problem of the pathological state of the ileocecal valve is almost always solved by the normalization of lifestyle, provided that the causes of the disease are due to functional causes. Therefore, first of all, it is required to establish the daily regimen and normalize one's own diet. It is required to eat in small portions, about 6-7 times a day. This will normalize the operation of the valve system of the gastrointestinal tract and adjust the mechanism of unilateral promotion of food masses. The menu should be varied mechanically sparing food: mucous soups, steam fish and meat patties, meatballs. Fruits are recommended to be used in the form of mashed potatoes, juices, compotes. Baked apples are very useful. It is important to abandon fried and spicy dishes, brown bread, beets, cabbage, limit the use of coffee, as well as give up bad habits: alcohol and smoking. Patients are under medical supervision for six months.
Since the Bauginium damper can often become inflamed due to psychosomatic failures, stress factors must be avoided. For help in this matter, you can contact a psychologist or psychotherapist.
Its pathology in each case requires an individual therapeutic approach, which is determined only by the attending physician, taking into account the diagnosis and assessment of risk factors.