Abdominal pain, rumbling, digestive upset, stool changes - all this may indicate the presence of irritable bowel syndrome.
Treatment of the disease is associated not only with the prescription of drugs that relieve spasm and normalize the intestinal flora, but also with the restoration of the psychoemotional background of the body.
Mostly women suffer from this ailment. They are more vulnerable, suspicious, not as confident in themselves as men, emotional. People with a high pain threshold also did not experience such problems - flatulence does not give them painful sensations.
Signs of irritable bowel syndrome are no different from the development of other diseases in this organ, such as colitis of various origins or diverticulosis. But the above diseases, having passed the initial stage, give additional manifestations in the form of blood clots in the stool, periodic night pain at the same time. With IBS, such phenomena are not observed.
What is the cause of the disease has not yet been established. It is believed that the factors affecting its development are:
- hormonal background;
- excessive growth of bacteria in the small intestine ;
- dysbiosis;
- pathological changes in the large intestine ;
- emotional background;
- congenital predisposition to the disease.
If irritable
bowel syndrome is detected
, treatment should consider all of these possible factors.
Antibacterial drugs are required. The course is calculated, depending on the severity of the course of the disease. These include drugs that include metronidazole. You can use the drugs "Furazolidone" or "Nitroxoline", although the latter is prescribed in rare cases.
The pain is relieved by antispasmodics such as No-Shpa, Platifillin, Spazgan and Spazmazgol. Medications can be administered by injection.
If diarrhea is present, then it is removed with the usual antidiarrheal drugs, such as Smecta and Tanalbit medicines. For constipation and flatulence, Cerucal and Motilium are used.
Be sure to drink probiotics. At least symptomatically, if the course they cause increased constipation or cramping. Those who choose Hilak forte or food yoghurts may be limited to taking funds during breakfast and lunch or lunch and dinner.
It’s very good to connect traditional medicine. In the presence of irritable bowel syndrome, they make the treatment the most sparing. As astringents use oak bark, blueberry decoctions, bird cherry, as relaxing - decoctions of buckthorn, sorrel, plantain. The anti-inflammatory effect will have chamomile and calendula.
Before curing irritable bowel syndrome completely, you need to not only improve your emotional state, but also prepare for the fact that you have to normalize your diet,
follow a special diet.
If constipation occurs during the disease, then foods containing coarse fiber should be added to the diet. These are raw fruits and vegetables, cereal dishes.
With diarrhea, it is worth leaning on food, which removes excess fluid from the body: lean meat, fish, low-fat cottage cheese. Fruits and vegetables are preferably boiled or baked.
You will have to give up products from butter and yeast dough, legumes - all products that enhance fermentation in the stomach.
In relieving the aggravation of irritable bowel syndrome, drug treatment plays an equally important role as nutrition. However, before deciding on what you are going to treat yourself and prescribe medications, it is advisable to visit a doctor so that he confirms the diagnosis. A particularly warning applies to people whose relatives had cancer of the intestine. They need additional examinations.