Recently, we often encountered some patients with diarrhea and constipation co-existing and alternating with each other in the clinic, so due to the limited clinic time, we will only use this article to introduce the specific situation of the disease to those patients who did not get a detailed explanation. May you get rid of the disease as soon as possible and restore your physical and mental health!
Whenever summer comes, many people often experience abdominal pain, diarrhea, bloating or constipation due to eating raw and cold food, having a cold abdomen or even climate change. Irregular bowel movements, or sometimes multiple times a day, or even embarrassment due to sudden abdominal pain and inability to find the toilet, bring a lot of trouble to daily life and work. Patients have been diagnosed as “chronic colitis” and given antibiotic treatment such as haloperidol, antibacterial U, metronidazole, etc., but the effect is often not very satisfactory.
Why is antibiotics ineffective if it is colitis?
In fact, this is a special intestinal disease – irritable bowel syndrome, the medical abbreviation: IBS, the cause of which is not well understood. The latest research shows that it may be related to the motor and secretory dysfunction of the intestine, and some cases can also be considered as systemic diseases or suboptimal intestinal manifestations.
I. General treatment: Establish confidence in recovery, build a good mentality, and develop good habits. In general, it is advisable to avoid gas-producing foods such as dairy products and soybeans. High-fiber foods can help improve constipation. For insomnia, anxiety can be given appropriate sedative drugs.
Second, drug treatment: 1, gastrointestinal antispasmodics anticholinergic drugs can be used as short-term symptomatic treatment of abdominal pain.
2, antidiarrheal drugs loperamide or compound diphenoxylate antidiarrheal effect is good, suitable for heavy diarrhea symptoms, but should not be used for a long time. General diarrhea is appropriate to use adsorption antidiarrheal drugs such as Similac, medicinal charcoal, etc.
3, laxatives for constipation type patients use laxatives as appropriate, but should not be used for a long time.
4, antidepressants for abdominal pain, diarrhea symptoms and the above treatment is ineffective and no obvious mental symptoms can be tried.
5, other intestinal flora regulating drugs such as bifidobacterium, lactobacillus and other preparations, can correct intestinal flora imbalance, effective for abdominal distension, diarrhea. Gastrointestinal motility drugs such as cisapride can help improve constipation.
Third, psychological and behavioral therapy, including psychotherapy, hypnosis, biofeedback therapy, of which biofeedback therapy is the most advanced. Biofeedback therapy was founded in the 1960s, its principle is to use modern electronic instruments, the physiological functions of the organism to be traced, and converted into sound, light and other feedback signals, so that the subject according to the feedback signal to learn, adjust their own internal organs and other body functions at random, to achieve the purpose of disease prevention and treatment.
Through biofeedback therapy equipment, IBS patients can intuitively discover their own involuntary visceral and somatic dysfunction that is usually difficult to find and achieve a cure by abstaining from training the wrong physiological reflexes through the training template that comes with biofeedback.
Irritable bowel syndrome is a common and multifaceted disease, and in addition to medication, it is extremely important for patients to maintain an optimistic mood and good lifestyle habits. It is worth reminding that to confirm the diagnosis of this disease, it is necessary to rule out organic intestinal diseases by colonoscopy under the guidance of a doctor. In particular, colonoscopy is especially necessary for patients over 40 years old who have symptoms such as blood in the stool and bloating.