Experts often need to diagnose symptoms and begin treatment of irritable bowels. IBS - so abbreviated to be called irritable bowel syndrome - is considered a functional disorder. As a rule, patients suffer from manifestations up to 12 weeks a year. On the intestinal mucosa, however, there are no pathological changes, anatomical abnormalities, neoplasms, helminths, inflammatory processes.
Signs and symptoms of irritable bowel, which require treatment
Of most other intestinal disorders, IBS is not very different. The general symptoms of ailment are usually:
- problems with sleep;
- arrhythmia;
- unpleasant sensations during intercourse;
- headache;
- a feeling of anxiety;
- increased fatigue;
- low back pain;
- too frequent urge to urinate.
Treatment of irritable bowel symptoms with laxative drugs is necessary when the urge to defecate appears immediately after a meal or even during a meal. In some patients, a loose stool arises against a background of intense stress, anxiety, fear, and excitement. In addition, patients have swelling and pain in the area below the navel, decreasing after defecation.
With constipation, the bowel movement is delayed for several days, the appetite is disturbed, there are occasional attacks of nausea, heartburn . An unpleasant aftertaste appears in the mouth.
For the third variant of the course of the disease - with the alternation of constipation and diarrhea - the presence of mucus in the feces, flatulence, stitching pains in the abdomen, disappearing after the emptying of the intestine.
Diet with irritated bowel
Strongly change the diet is not necessary:
- When diarrhea itself is desirable to limit themselves in apples, beets, plums and other products that contain fiber.
- When gassing, do not lean on baking, cabbage, nuts.
- Patients with constipation is undesirable fatty and fried.
Preparations for the treatment of irritable bowel
The main task of drug therapy is to eliminate manifestations of the disease. Therefore, with diarrhea, the following remedies are recommended:
- Smecta;
- Diar;
- Imodium ;
- Lediumum;
- Alosetron;
- Loperamide;
- Diphenoxylate;
- Polysorb;
- Filter;
- Enterosgel.
With constipation from the irritated bowel, the following drugs help:
- Mukofalk;
- Good luck;
- Lavakol;
- Naturoolax;
- Solgar;
- Normase;
- Osmogol;
- Export;
- Romfalak;
- Fibercon;
- Guttalax;
- Guttasil.
Effectively relieve spasm with IBS:
- Zeolate;
- Debridge;
- Hyoscyamine;
- Espumizan.