Inflammatory bowel disease is an idiopathic inflammatory disease of the intestine, mainly including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, which has been high in Asian populations in recent years.
Inflammatory bowel disease in the early stage is easy to confuse with ordinary intestinal diseases, so it is easy to be ignored, thereby delaying its treatment, as the disease progresses, it can cause a series of complications, and even have the possibility of cancer, which seriously threatens people's health, so it is very critical to find an early inflammatory intestine.
So, how do you detect the presence of inflammatory bowel disease?
Diarrhea, abdominal pain, and constipation that persist for more than 6 weeks should be vigilant against inflammatory bowel disease!
Experts say that if diarrhea, abdominal pain, and bloody stools with mucus last longer than 6 weeks and there is no improvement with antibiotic therapy, the presence of inflammatory bowel disease should be vigilant.
Ulcerative colitis is a kind of inflammatory intestine, it is the inflammation of the colon mucosa and submucosa, the main manifestations of which are recurrent or persistent diarrhea, abdominal pain, tenesmus, weight loss, vomiting, mucus-like bloody stools, etc., occasionally skin lesions, liver dysfunction and so on.
The main symptom of Crohn's disease in inflammatory bowel disease is abdominal pain, which is mostly located in the peri-umbilical cord or right lower abdomen, and may occur intermittently, worsening symptoms after eating, and relieved by exhaustion or defecation.
In addition, the symptoms of diarrhea are also more common, most of the stool is mushy, generally not accompanied by bloody stools or mucus, and when the lesion is severe, a fistula can be formed.
Is there a cure for inflammatory bowel disease?
Experts said that inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic disease that is prone to recurrence, and cannot be completely cured under the current medical conditions, but through scientific and formal treatment, the disease can be controlled.
Especially in recent years, with the research and development of new drugs, the treatment effect of the disease has improved significantly, and if patients can detect the disease early and standardize treatment in time, they can stop the drug in the later stage, and their quality of life can be no different from normal people.
However, it should be noted that inflammatory bowel disease is prone to recurrence, and even if the condition has been stabilized, patients still need to be reviewed regularly.
What to be aware of in patients with inflammatory bowel disease:
1. Pay attention to diet
With an inflammatory intestine, the intestines cannot normally absorb proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins, fats and other nutrients, so such patients are often accompanied by different degrees of malnutrition at the same time.
For patients, the daily diet must ensure a balanced diet, choose light, easy-to-digest food, must eat less spicy, irritating, indigestible food, quit smoking and alcohol, a regular diet can promote the recovery of inflammatory bowel disease, reduce its chance of recurrence.
2. Regulate emotions and exercise appropriately
Many people have greater mental stress after illness, and they are prone to anxiety, which will affect the recovery of the disease.
It is recommended that patients regulate their emotions, have the confidence to overcome the disease, in addition to ensuring sufficient sleep time, avoid staying up late, and can also carry out more physical exercise to promote the recovery of the body.
Inflammatory bowel disease to the health of the cause of great harm, therefore, if everyone in life abdominal pain, diarrhea and blood in the stool and other symptoms, and the duration is long, the medication is ineffective, to be vigilant about the occurrence of inflammatory bowel disease, should be timely to the hospital for examination.
If it is an inflammatory intestine, it is necessary to actively carry out treatment, while adjusting good living habits and better promoting disease recovery.