Diarrhea with paroxysmal abdominal cramps is mainly associated with acute gastroenteritis, chronic colitis, intestinal spasm and other factors.
1. Acute gastroenteritis: acute inflammatory reaction of the gastrointestinal mucosa caused by a variety of reasons, mainly manifested as diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting and other symptoms, according to the causative pathogens can be divided into bacterial, viral, parasitic, etc., the patient usually have a history of unclean diet before the onset of the disease.
2. Chronic colitis: a chronic inflammatory disease of the colon caused by a variety of reasons, the majority of patients with a relatively slow onset, with perennial recurrent diarrhea and abdominal paroxysmal colic symptoms, diarrhea can be 3 to 4 times a day. According to different types of diseases can be divided into inflammatory bowel disease, chronic ischemic colitis, chronic radiation colitis.
3. Intestinal spasm: mostly seen in children, mainly manifested as paroxysmal acute abdominal pain, mostly around the umbilicus, mostly accompanied by vomiting, recurrent episodes of dozens of minutes to a few hours of symptoms can be relieved on their own.
Therefore, in addition, there are other causes can lead to diarrhea and abdominal pain, when the patient has diarrhea with paroxysmal colic, should go to the hospital in a timely manner, to clarify the cause of the disease.