What – treatment of disease. Symptoms and prevention of diseases of Colic

What – What is this disease? What – This State, where there is a sudden outbreak of shvatkoobraznoj abdominal pain. There are several types of colic, each of them has its characteristic manifestations.

What – The cause of the

Intestinal colic can be caused by:

• – irregular, unbalanced and irrational nutrition (overeating, hasty meal or snacking on the go);
• ​- eating fried, smoked, acute, fatty or stale products;
• – sedentary (seating) lifestyle;
• – parasitic infestations (for example, askaridoza, opistorhoza, giardiasis);
• – poisoning (food (stale or poor-quality products), Professional (eg, lead), medicinal);
• – acute intestinal infections (eg, dysenteries, salmonellosis);
• – enterocolitis;
• – bowel obstruction;
• – viral diseases (SARS (in particular, flu), kissing disease).

Renal colic can develop when:

• – urolithiasis;
• – acute and chronic pyelonephritis;
• – Kidney tumors.

Hepatic colic can occur on a background:

• – cholelithiasis;
• – acute cholecystitis.

In children the first months of life, you may experience the so-called infant colic. The appearance of this condition may impact:

• – the immaturity of the digestive system of the child;
• – crude bacterial intestinal flora;
• – early introduction of complementary foods (to 6 months), eating, inappropriate child by age;
• – mother's milk intolerance.

Lead colic is caused by chronic lead intoxication. It develops when lead poisoning (eg, in the workplace-in the manufacture of paints, batteries, cables).

Симптомы колики

The main symptom of colic (regardless of its origin) is the pain, which can be shvatkoobraznoj, pristupoobraznoj, cutting, stitching, as well as moderate, weak or pronounced.

Intestinal colic usually following symptoms:

• – abdominal pain, that may be sharp, sharp, the compressive. It can also have a different localization (location). Besides, Perhaps its spread across the anterior abdominal wall.
• – nausea and vomiting (usually occur at peak pain);
• – flatulence (flatulence), abdominal distention.

What – Diagnostics

The doctor collects medical history (clarifies, When did the colic, What can link its appearance, have her earlier episodes) and conducts inspection (be sure to include palpation (probing for the) life). It is important to clarify the presence of disease in the patient, that could cause the development of colic.

Also run blood tests (clinical and biochemical), general urine analysis. Besides, can run coprogram (fecal).

In order to identify the status of, that is the cause of colic, ultrasonography is performed and the abdominal cavity. You may need to perform a colonoscopy (examination of the large intestine using an endoscope), rectoromanoscopy, x-rays or CT scan of abdominal organs.

What – Types of disease

Identify the following types of colic:

• – E.;
• – renal;
• – hepatic.

Also emit lead colic, that is a symptom of chronic lead intoxication.

Besides, in children the first months of life may develop so-called infant colic – a separate type of intestinal colic.

What – Actions of the patient

In the case of colic, You must seek medical help.

Лечение колики

Not recommended to take pain medicine (andipal), because they mask the clinical picture of the disease, as a result of which has colic, and complicate the diagnosis.

Therapeutic interventions for colic occurs, directed towards the treatment of disease, as a result of which they have evolved (eg, cholelithiasis, urolithiasis).

To eliminate pain in kidney colic typically used anti-spasmodic, as well as painkillers and anti-inflammatory.

What – Complications

Colic complications, usually, are the complications of the disease, which has led to its development. So, what, caused by cholelithiasis, may be complicated by the development of jaundice (appears as a result of the stagnation of the bile and is characterized by ikterichnost'ju (pozhelteniem) scleras and skin).

Профилактика колики

Prevention of colic is to treat diseases, that contribute to its development.

Also required to adhere to the following principles. It is necessary to ensure a balanced, rational and regular meals (You should refrain from eating fried, acute, smoked and fatty dishes, as well as canned food). Important are the regular moderate exercise, and refraining from bad habits (alcohol abuse, smoking).

To reduce the likelihood of infant colic in infants, It is necessary to timely introduction of complementary foods (not earlier 6 months).