1 Characteristics of the disease

Colitis is a local inflammation that occurs on the mucosa of the colon, as a result of which there are violations of the intestinal and intestinal motor functions. Separately it is necessary to allocate spastic colitis which represents long painful spasms of an intestine.

Detection of this disease requires not only medicamental effects, but also complete adjustment of a person's lifestyle. First of all, it is necessary to follow a complex diet.

Men at the age of 40 and women over 20 are most likely to suffer from ailments.

To conduct a preliminary diagnosis, a stool test is required. To clarify the diagnosis, the doctor prescribes endoscopic examinations, such as retro-menoscopy and colonoscopy.

2 Elimination of the causes of the disease

To identify the causes of colitis, the physician will need to collect information about the patient's condition. To do this, he will ask him some questions about his state of health, and also write a direction for the tests.

If spastic colitis has been diagnosed, it is often sufficient to adjust the diet and diet.

In the case when parasites settled in the intestine( for example, worms) became the cause of the disease, the patient is assigned first of all medicines for their destruction. These funds include Albendazole, Azinox, Wormil or Decaris. They effectively destroy all the simplest parasites.

If the patient has other problems with the gastrointestinal tract, the doctor should be assigned their diagnosis. It is often possible to cure colitis and other problems in this area with certain medications.

Regardless of the causes of the disease, the patient is recommended a strict diet, limiting the load, refraining from smoking and alcohol. Drugs used in connection with other diseases can also be canceled.

3 Use of antibiotics

Treatment of colitis of the intestine with antibiotics is recommended only when the therapy does not look effective without their use. In addition to parasitizing microorganisms in the intestine, any antibiotic destroys the entire useful microflora. At the same time, the presence of an inflammatory process on the mucosa of the colon is itself poorly tolerated by the intestinal microflora. When antibiotic is exposed to weakened microorganisms, their death exceeds all permissible values. In other words, the patient begins a dysbacteriosis, which quickly progresses.

Treatment without antibiotics can be performed if the diagnosis is spastic colitis. In other cases, as a rule, the use of antibiotics is necessary. In this case, sulfonamides are prescribed as a medicine, for example, Ftalazol and Sulgin. They are applied strictly according to the doctor's instructions. Most often they are prescribed according to the following scheme:

• the first period of active suppression of inflammation( the number of days when the reception is conducted depends on the neglect of the process and the body's own resistance) - 6 times a day;
• second period of suppression of residual inflammation( 2 days) - 4 times a day;
• the third period fixing( 2 days) - 3 times a day.

Similarly to the patient, antibiotics of directed action that affect precisely the pathogenic microflora of the intestine can be prescribed.

Attention should be paid to antibiotics containing oxyquinoline. Their feature is the effect on microorganisms resistant to other antibacterial drugs. As an example, you can mention Intestopan and Enteroseptol. Dosage and the regimen depends on the course of the disease. To treat the disease will have for 10-12 days.

4 Formation of microflora

During treatment with antibiotics, the intestinal microflora causes serious damage. Therefore, after the end of their course, a restorative course of treatment of dysbacteriosis and enzymatic disorders is necessary. To this end, the doctor will be assigned probiotics. They are not medicines.

In addition to restoring the intestinal microflora, these drugs help to remove toxins. As a result of their reception, there is a normalization of the stool, a decrease in gas production and an improvement in appetite.

Today there are many different probiotics. The essence of their actions is the same. Differences consist in small fluctuations of doses of active substances, flavoring additives and firms-manufacturers. When choosing a drug, you should rely on the advice of a doctor or purchase it based on the price range.

The most commonly recommended: Bifidumbacterin, Lactobacterin, Probifor, Lactofiltrum, Bifilysis and some others.

With disbacteriosis, all sorts of enzymatic disorders are often observed. To combat them prescribe drugs containing pancreatin. The most common among them are Mezim, Festal and Panzinorm.

5 Problems with intestinal motility

In any colitis often there is a spasm of smooth bowel muscles. To eliminate this condition, use antispasmodics, such as No-shpu, Drotaverin or Papaverin. For more effective exposure, it is possible to use Platifillin.

Motilium or Cerucalum is used to improve motility.

In case of diarrhea, astringents are recommended for taking. The most common and perfectly safe among them is calcium carbonate.

In the case of constipation, soft laxatives can be applied that are not irritants for the intestinal mucosa. The most safe preparation is vaseline oil, which when taken inside covers the mucosa of the colon and facilitates the movement of stool due to their softening.

If the patient has flatulence, the use of such drugs as infusion of fennel or chamomile, calcium carbonate or Carbolen is recommended.

Another problem in the case of irritable bowel syndrome is the excess mucus produced by the walls of the intestine as a protective reaction to the presence of inflammation. Its excess worsens an already bad peristalsis. To combat it, astringents are used. These include Fosfalugel, Almagel and some others. To bind excess mucus, use adsorbing substances. These include calcium carbonate and bismuth compounds.

6 Vitamin support of the body and antidepressants

The flow of colitis can be quite painful for a person. As a result of internal discomfort develops irritability, not passing a sense of fatigue, insomnia. For the normalization of the patient's condition, it is desirable that the therapy includes sedative and lightweight sedated tablets, for example, Persen or Glycine.

To reduce the burden on the body, patients are often recommended to take B vitamins, especially B6 and B12.Assign them more often in the form of tablets or ampoules for oral administration. There may be an appointment in pricks, but they are very painful.

7 Nutrition of patient

As with any digestive tract disease, treatment of colitis presupposes a strict diet. Without it, the disease will progress, and taking medications will not give the proper result.

During the first 24 hours it is recommended to abstain from eating any food at all, only to drink. Often doctors advise the use of warm or hot black tea without sugar. The use of any other liquids other than water is unacceptable, as it causes irritation of the digestive tract.

One day after an exacerbation it is allowed to drink broths of rice, dogrose or quince.

After 2 days, gently introduce homogenized cereals. The best option is rice. But from millet and pearl barley should at first refrain. After the porridges, well-brewed vegetable soups are introduced on the water.

On the 4th day after an exacerbation, if there are positive tendencies, it is allowed to use a small amount of stale white bread or breadcrumbs, boiled soft-boiled eggs and skimmed yogurt.

Then the diet is gradually expanded according to the following recommendations.

Strictly forbidden:

• is greasy;
• fried;
• smoked;
• flour;
• is sweet;
• sausage;
• coffee;
• cocoa;
• carbonated water;
• any cold drinks.

Patients should definitely eat meat dishes. But they must be prepared only from minced meat and steamed. Preferably low-fat and easy to digest meat. These include chicken, turkey, rabbit, as well as veal and beef. Use of pork is prohibited.

It is important to ensure that the ration of the patient contained all the necessary vitamins, micro- and macro elements. But caloric content can be sacrificed to facilitate the work of the digestive tract.

For the same purpose it is recommended to reduce portions and accordingly increase the number of receptions.

Thus, in the treatment of colitis with medicines, the main drugs are antibiotics that suppress the inflammatory process. In parallel, they are taking vitamins and antidepressants to maintain the general condition of the patient. At the end of the course of antibiotics, a reception of probiotics is appointed to restore the intestinal microflora.