1 Why does the disease occur?

Disturbance of innervation and decrease in the tone of the musculature of the intestine in most cases occurs against the background of osteochondrosis in patients in the thoracic part of the intestine. The disease begins development with:

• intestinal dysbiosis;
• chronic intestinal intoxication due to incidentally developing gout, uremia, the use of large doses of antibiotics, laxatives;
• infectious process;
• of untreated gastritis;
• pathological processes occurring in the liver or gallbladder;
• deficiency of enzymes in the digestive tract as a result of incomplete digestion of food, thereby irritatingly affecting the mucosa;
• mechanical effect on the mucous membrane( its trauma), as a result of the separation of tight stool after eating rough food.

2 How to recognize the disease?

Proctosigmoiditis occurs in acute or chronic form, distinct in character and developmental features. In the acute course of the disease, the symptoms are sudden and rapid, manifesting as:

• nausea, vomiting;
• fever, chills;
• general weakness, feelings of weakness;
• of liquid and frequent stools( constipation rare);
• flatulence, bloating;
• frequent urge to the toilet( often false), secretion of feces in small portions, sometimes with blood;
• sensations of the foreign body present in the gut;
• spasms in the anal sphincter, tenderness in palpation

Proctosigmoiditis is an infectious disease that occurs as a result of bacterial infiltration by rectal orby the oral route into the walls of the large intestine, often after excessive intake of antibiotics, poisoning with poisons, chemicals. It is possible to provoke a disease with helminthic invasions.

Chronic proctosigmoiditis has the same symptoms, but it flows more sluggishly, blurred. Patients complain of pain in the lumbar region, coccyx, itching and burning in the anus. The disease can stay for a long time in the remission stage, but progress with new strength with errors in nutrition, after consuming alcohol, fried, sharp, salty, carbonated products. Possible complications:

• appearance of cracks in the anus;
• development of hemorrhoids, paraproctitis;
• prolapse of the rectum.

When lesions of the walls of the large intestine, the course of inflammation in the sigmoid colon develops a catarrhal proctosigmoiditis, similar in symptoms with other types of this ailment. The intestinal mucosa thick is entangled by a multitude of vessels accelerating the spread of the pathological process. It is sometimes difficult to establish a diagnosis.

To identify the cause requires a comprehensive diagnosis of possible dysbiosis in the intestine, the presence of helminthic invasions. Irrigoscopy is performed for the detailed analysis. To diagnose a doctor, the patient's complaints, anamnesis( taken from feces), colonoscopy, and sigmoidoscopy are studied.

3 Treatment measures

Treatment is complex. To eliminate the symptoms associated with gassing, the doctor will appoint enveloping, astringent drugs, enzymes.

For the normalization of microflora in the intestine - eziotropic drugs( enteroseptol, metronidazole, eubiotics, antibiotics).

Local treatment consists in the appointment of microclysters, rectal suppositories. In the remission period, physiotherapy, treatment in a sanatorium with mineral waters is shown.

Of great importance is the diet, the exclusion from the diet of rough and irritating food intestines. It is good to eat porridge with mucus, soups, mashed potatoes, chicken rubbed. Fruit and vegetables should be consumed only after heat treatment.

4 Folk ways to combat the disease

Folk remedies help to cure catarrhal proctosigmoiditis at the initial stage. With necrotic, purulent and fibrous course of the disease, these methods are ineffective, can only exacerbate the disease. In severe cases, antibiotic, anti-inflammatory therapy can not be avoided. For appointments, you need to see a doctor. Perhaps the disease has reached the stage when the operation on the intestine is already inevitable. Severe cases of the disease are engaged exclusively doctor proctologist, surgeon.

If there are no complications, anal fissures, hemorrhoids emerging, paraproctitis and rectal fistulas, it is possible to treat the disease with tampons, enemas and candles.

You can put an enema with warm sea-buckthorn oil, after 1 hour, after emptying the intestines. Doing procedures better in the evenings, taking a comfortable position, lying on its side. The course of treatment is 2 weeks.

For the removal of inflammation and pain, you can enter a solution into the intestine from tannin( 3 tbsp), diluted with boiled water( 2 liters).You need to put the enema 1 time, then go to the procedures with the addition of calendula or chamomile.

The following procedure will also help. It is necessary to pour boiling water on chamomile flowers( 1 tbsp), put on a water bath for 10 minutes, insist, cool. To put warm enemas in the mornings and evenings throughout the week.

You can combine pork fat with herbs( yarrow and calendula) for 3 tbsp.l. Ingredients melt, drain, pour into molds, put into refrigerator. Use as a candle on an empty bowel, until it becomes easier, about 5-7 days.

With catarrhal and atrophic disease, mud treatment will help. Tampon of gauze should be lowered into hot curative mud( 30 g), put into the gut, leave for 3 hours. Repeat every day up to 15 procedures.

It will help if you make a solution of potassium permanganate( weak), pour into a basin, sit in a bath for 20 minutes.

You can make an infusion. Field horsetail( 1.5 cups) to insist in boiling water( 3 liters) and sit in a cooled to room temperature, for 20-25 minutes. Therapeutic course is up to 3 weeks.

For oral administration:

• activated charcoal( 2 tablets) to take, you can drink tea from mint( drink every day for a week until symptoms, bloating and flatulence);
• honey floral will help with chronic proktosigmoiditis( it is useful to eat in the morning on an empty stomach, stirring with water);
• it is good to drink plantain juice or just chew fresh leaves, add to salads;
• mummy( 10 g) insist in boiled water( 1 L), drink 0.5 glasses to 6 times a day. The course of treatment is 3 weeks.

Treatment of proctosigmoiditis is contraindicated in:

• pregnancy, breast-feeding;
• individual intolerance of some components;
• reduced pressure, cardiovascular insufficiency( especially dangerous intake of calendula);
• disease, occurring in acute, destructive form with fistulas, intestinal hypertrophy( it is impossible to put enemas);
• gastritis, ulcer, bad blood coagulability( inadmissible use and use of plantain);
• allergies, diabetes mellitus( you can not use mummies and honey);
• sores, erosion in the rectum, feces with the passage of blood particles, it is forbidden to use mud tampons.

The treatment is important and diet, it should be gentle. Products should not irritate the already inflamed intestinal mucosa. From the diet should be removed smoked, spicy, salty, acidic foods. Do not take alcohol, vegetables and fruits in raw coarse fiber. When the disease worsens, you can not eat sweets. It is allowed only protein-rich, low-fat steamed food, it is necessary to observe the drinking regime( 2 liters per day of clean water).

5 What happens if you do not treat pathology?

If symptoms appear, see a doctor as soon as possible. If you ignore them at the first manifestations, then the pathological process will pass into a chronic form, the rectum will drop out, the intestinal walls will be covered with ulcers, the anal opening - with cracks. With an ulcer, there may be internal bleeding in the intestine. The condition becomes dangerous, unpleasant symptoms will only intensify. Chronic constipation and toxins accumulated in the intestine will lead to serious incurable consequences.

Chronic proctosinmoiditis is treated mainly by traditional methods.

To get rid of uncomfortable symptoms, acute and destructive forms of the disease are successfully treated with folk methods, preferably in combination with therapy, which the doctor will appoint.