Spasm of the intestine: symptoms, causes

It often happens that a person has a stomach ache for no particular reason. In this case, we can talk about spasm of the intestine. This is what I want to talk about right now.

What it is?

At the very beginning, you need to understand the main concept that will be used in this article. So, intestinal spasm is a sharp and painful contraction of the musculature of various parts of the intestine. Most often, there are spasms of the thick or thin parts. But since the pain is almost always widespread, it is customary to speak in general about the spasm of the entire intestine, and not of its individual parts.

Causes

Why can there be spasms in the intestines? The reasons for this can be very different. The most common of these are:

1. Excessive irritation of the intestinal walls (caused mainly by various kinds of harmful substances - salts of heavy metolites, poisons, parasites, etc.).
2. Nervous stress. In this case, treatment of the intestine is not required, and spasms pass after the person calms down.
3. Certain diseases of the digestive tract, such as, for example, pancreatitis or gastritis.
4. Why there are spasms in the intestines? Causes can hide in the most banal overeating or too fast absorption of food.
5. Spasms can occur after a poor or poorly processed food has entered the intestine of a person (causing a similar symptom of harmful microorganisms that inhabit these foods).
6. Helminthiasis very often also causes intestinal spasms. After all, in this case, parasites in the intestine have an irritating effect on it. The accompanying symptoms in this case - weight loss, nausea, poor appetite.
7. Well, and cause a similar symptom can also be viral diseases. Spasm of the intestine will occur in the event that the infection seizes the digestive system.

How does the disease manifest itself?

How to recognize intestinal spasm? Symptoms and manifestations of this condition - that's what you also need to know. What will a person feel while doing this?

1. The pain will be paroxysmal, sharp.
2. Pain sensations will be localized in the navel area.
3. There will also be a feeling of heaviness in the lower abdomen.
4. Bloating is also possible.
5. Often a person feels incomplete emptying of the intestine.
6. There may be false urge to go to the toilet.
7. The color and consistency of the stool may change.
8. People who suffer from intestinal cramps often have an eructation.

These symptoms can manifest themselves all together, and alternately. Some may not be at all.

Other symptoms

If a person has a spasm of the intestine, the symptoms may also be secondary. What kind of indicators are they?

1. Nausea may occur, rarely vomiting.
2. The person will feel the general weakness of the body.
3. Often spasm of the intestine is accompanied by a headache.
4. If the patient has a spasm of the intestine, the symptoms may concern sleep. So, often in such cases, people suffer from insomnia.
5. With spasm of the intestine, the patient may also have frequent urination.
6. Another rarely occurring concomitant symptom is chills, night sweats.

Diagnostics

We further consider such a problem as intestinal spasm. Symptoms - with this already figured out. Now you need to understand how you can diagnose this problem. It should be said that if the spasm manifested itself sporadically and no longer bothers a person, it is not worthwhile to turn to the doctor. Otherwise, you need to come to the doctor's office, who:

1. Carry out an examination of the patient and an anamnesis.
2. Will give a direction to the analysis of blood and feces.
3. Conduct a survey of the human gastrointestinal tract. To do this, most often used methods such as colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy.

Treatment

We examined the main symptoms and causes that cause intestinal spasm . Treatment of pathology - the next topic, which is also important to stop. In the beginning, I want to say that if you have recurrent spasms, you need to seek help from a doctor (gastroenterologist). Only a qualified specialist will be able to correctly diagnose and prescribe adequate therapy. Self-medication can lead to serious consequences and a significant deterioration in health.

1. To relieve muscle spasm, you can take antispasmodics. In such a case, such drugs as "No-shpa", "Spazmalgon" or "Baralgin" will be relevant.
2. Also, the doctor can advise the patient to change the diet. In this case, the doctors prescribe table number 4. With this diet, warm and puff pastry, fatty fish and meat varieties, legumes, smoking, pickles, vegetables and fruits in raw form, semi-finished products, cold drinks and ice cream, chocolate are excluded from the diet. At the same time, food should also be taken at least 4-5 times a day in divided batches.
3. Enema. In some cases, remove the spasm of the intestine can be a warm enema from the broth of mint or lemon balm.
4. Still how to remove a spasm of an intestine? So, you can put an anal candle with a belladonna.
5. Operative intervention. In some cases, doctors can recommend a surgical intervention to the patient. It should be remembered that such radical measures doctors take only in the most extreme cases.

Prevention

Having considered such ailment as intestinal spasm, symptoms and treatment of it, it is also worth saying that it is easier to prevent this problem than to fight it. In this case, the following preventive measures will be relevant:

1. You need to eat dishes made exclusively from fresh products.
2. The food must be thoroughly chewed.
3. It is necessary to avoid overeating and excessive consumption of food.
4. During food, you can not be distracted by reading, watching TV. In this case, the person does not feel a sense of satiety, which leads to the emergence of multiple problems.
5. It is necessary to include in your diet vegetable food.
6. Do not drink cold drinks or water with gas.
7. To eat it is necessary in small, small portions, approximately 5 times a day.

ethnoscience

Try to cope with spasm of the intestine can be folk ways. However, in this case, you need to remember that self-medication can lead to poor health.

1. If the spasm is insignificant, a decoction of chamomile will help to cope with it. A tablespoon of this plant should be filled with a glass of boiling water, insist an hour, drain. The drug is taken throughout the day for 30 ml every two hours. Course: 7-10 days.
2. With chronic and prolonged spasms can help to collect from the grass of a thousand-centner, sage leaves and chamomile flowers. It is necessary to mix one teaspoon of all the ingredients, pour a glass of boiling water, insist 0.5 hours. The drug is taken every two hours on a tablespoon (in the first 3 days). Further - 3-4 times a day for 30 ml throughout the week.