Descending colon pain is considered to be caused by ulcerative colitis, intestinal obstruction, colon cancer, and patients will have left lower abdomen, paroxysmal intestinal colic, persistent abdominal pain and other symptoms.
1. Ulcerative colitis: If ulcerative colitis occurs in the descending colon, the patient will show pain in the left lower abdomen or lower abdomen, the patient’s abdominal pain will be accompanied by the urge to have a bowel movement, and the abdominal pain will be relieved after defecation. In addition, patients will also have diarrhea, mucous pus and blood stools, blood in the stool and other manifestations.
2. Intestinal obstruction: when intestinal obstruction occurs in the descending colon, paroxysmal colic will occur, and if the intestinal wall ischemia and necrosis will occur, persistent severe abdominal pain will occur. In addition, the patient will also suffer from vomiting, abdominal distension, stopping anal defecation and gas evacuation.
3. Colon cancer: If the patient has colon cancer in the descending colon, the patient will have abdominal cramps on the left side, accompanied by abdominal distension, constipation, mucus-pus-blood stool, defecation obstruction, etc. The patient should not hesitate to contact the doctor if the pain in the descending colon occurs.
If the patient has pain in descending colon, he/she needs to consult a doctor in time to check the cause of the pain. The doctor will judge the symptoms and nature of the pain according to the cause of the pain, and then follow the doctor’s instruction to standardize the treatment.