Adult intestinal spasms are usually paroxysmal, lasting about 10 seconds per episode and up to 2 minutes.
Intestinal spasms in adults are mainly caused by eating cold food, acute inflammation of the intestinal tract, cold in the abdomen and intestinal parasites, which lead to contraction of the smooth muscle of the intestine and thus intestinal spasms. Patients mainly present with sudden onset of abdominal pain, which can be relieved after tens of seconds, and can reappear after a few minutes. The first treatment is to actively remove the cause of intestinal spasm, such as keeping the abdomen warm, reducing inflammation in the intestine and deworming. Secondly, antispasmodic and analgesic drugs such as belladonna and scopolamine can be given to relieve the abdominal pain.
Adults with intestinal cramps will generally improve significantly through the above treatment, but if the patient still does not improve, other diseases causing abdominal pain should be considered, such as intestinal obstruction, intussusception, acute peritonitis and gallbladder disease, etc., and timely medical consultation is required.