Colitis

Colitis is an inflammation of the colon or large intestine. There are two types of colitis: mucus and ulcerative. Mucus colitis is a common disorder of the large bowel, producing discomfort and irregular bowel habits. Symptoms :: Chronic ulcerative colitis usually begins in the lower part of the bowels and spreads upwards. The first symptom of the trouble is an increased urgency to move the bowel, followed by cramping pains in the abdomen and bloody mucus in the stools. As the disease spreads upwards, the stools become watery and more frequent and are characterised by rectal straining. All the loss of blood and fluid from the bowels results in weakness, fever, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite and anaemia. The patient may develop a bloated feeling because the gas is not absorbed or expelled normally. Causes :: The main cause of colitis is chronic constipation and the use of laxatives and purgatives. Constipation causes an accumulation of the hard faecal matter which is never properly evacuated. The frequent use of saline laxatives like Epsom salt, liver salts and fruit salts and antacid powders and soda bicarb for digestive troubles, retard the normal secretion of hydrochloric acid, which may result in colitis. The use of mineral oil laxatives like paraffin oil neutralises Vitamin A and the other fat-soluble vitamins, the deficiency of which can cause colitis. Treatment :: The usual treatment of colitis with suppressive drugs is based on the assumption that colitis is due to germ infection, which it is not. The suppressive drugs drive back into the system the toxic matter in the colon which nature is endeavoring to eliminate in the form of mucus. They suppress the symptoms temporarily, without removing the cause. In such cases, the symptoms recur and colitis

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