Thickening of the colon wall is usually associated with colitis, colon polyps, congenital megacolon, intestinal tumors, and whether it can heal on its own depends on the cause of the disease, as follows.
1. Colitis: If it is caused by inflammatory bowel disease, it will develop into chronic lifelong intestinal inflammation, and the condition will recur. As for ischemic colitis, most patients can be self-healing, usually within 48 to 72 hours after the onset of remission. Pseudomembranous colitis patients after regular treatment, stop using antibiotics, the condition can be self-healing, heavy through timely treatment, the prognosis is good.
2. Colon polyps: related to the pathological nature of the polyp, if it is inflammatory polyps may disappear after anti-inflammatory treatment. If it is an adenomatous polyp, it is recommended to remove it by surgery in time, and then carry out pathological biopsy after surgery.
3. Congenital megacolon: generally cannot be cured by itself, but it can be cured through regular treatment. If not treated in time, it may cause other complications, easily lead to spasm and narrowing of the intestinal tube, which affects normal defecation and leads to gastrointestinal flatulence. After diagnosis, it is recommended to remove the narrowed intestinal segment by surgery as soon as possible.
4. Intestinal tumors: generally cannot be cured by themselves, and need to be treated with surgical resection as prescribed by doctors, supplemented by radiotherapy, targeted therapy and other ways of treatment according to the individual’s situation if necessary.
Thickening of the colon wall may also be caused by other factors, it is recommended to consult the attending doctor in time, improve further examination, understand the cause of the disease and then regular treatment, so as not to delay the condition.