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“Inflammatory bowel disease”, a disease that most people think is just ordinary diarrhea.

Overview

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a term that describes disorders involving long-standing (chronic) inflammation of tissues in your digestive tract. Types of IBD include:

• Ulcerative colitis. This condition involves inflammation and sores (ulcers) along the lining of your large intestine (colon) and rectum.
• Crohn’s disease. This type of IBD is characterized by inflammation of the lining of your digestive tract, which often can involve the deeper layers of the digestive tract. Crohn’s disease most commonly affects the small intestine. However, it can also affect the large intestine and uncommonly, the upper gastrointestinal tract.

Both ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease usually are characterized by diarrhea, rectal bleeding, abdominal pain, fatigue and weight loss.

For some people, IBD is only a mild illness. For others, it’s a debilitating condition that can lead to life-threatening complications.

Have you ever had any of these symptoms?

• I have a squeezing pain in my stomach.
• Loose, watery, mucus or bloody stools Some people may take 10-20 times a day, sometimes causing the patient to wake up in the middle of the night to take.
• have a high or low fever
• feel exhausted

If you have these symptoms You may be at risk of being Inflammatory bowel disease without knowing … So let’s get to know about inflammatory bowel disease.

What is inflammatory bowel disease?

Ulcerative Colitis is an inflammatory disease of the digestive tract. which causes inflammation in the lining of the colon resulting in ulcers on the walls of the gastrointestinal tract The resulting inflammation results in bleeding in the intestinal wall. make the intestines contract faster The patient has abdominal pain, diarrhea, bloody mucus. This is caused by the detachment of the intestinal lining that is inflamed.

Inflammatory bowel disease Caused by any reason?

Clinically, the cause of inflammatory bowel disease has not been identified. But the possible cause may be a malfunction of the immune system. Usually, the immune system acts to prevent and eliminate foreign substances that enter the body such as viruses or bacteria. But when the immune system malfunctions, it makes it easier for germs to enter the body. Therefore, it causes infection and inflammation of the intestines. In cases where the patient has a malfunctioning immune system for a long time It can cause chronic enteritis.

Symptoms that indicate you have inflammatory bowel disease

The most common symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease are diarrhea or diarrhea with abdominal pain. The abdominal pain is characterized by squeezing pain. In addition, there may be other symptoms that are found along with it, such as

• The appearance of stools may be liquid, watery, mucus or bloody.
• high or low fever, chills
• Nausea, vomiting
• tired

If the diarrhea is severe with vomiting and drink less water May cause dehydration If there are severe symptoms mentioned above If symptoms do not improve or get worse within 24 hours, you should go to the hospital to see a doctor. But if the case is high fever Severe abdominal pain and symptoms of dehydration such as sunken eyes, dry mouth, dizziness, fainting, palpitations require immediate hospitalization.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Diagnosis

When coming to the hospital, the doctor will ask the patient about their symptoms and treatment history. as well as may examine the patient’s body to see if there are other symptoms However, the doctor must send additional tests to distinguish inflammatory bowel disease from other diseases. which some diseases have similar symptoms The diagnosis of chronic colitis consists of
Physical exam, stool examination, blood test (CBC) to see if there is a bacterial infection

Salt testing in the body to check for dehydration

fecal or blood culture test And the doctor may order additional examinations depending on the patient’s symptoms and the doctor’s discretion, such as abdominal x-rays in case of severe abdominal pain, etc.

Inflammatory bowel disease How can it be treated?

Symptomatic treatment is to prevent dehydration by giving ORS salt-dissolving powder. or if very dehydrated, will give intravenous saline and give soft food or liquid food Your doctor may also prescribe pain relievers and anti-nausea medication.

treatment with antibiotics In case of inflammation from bacterial infection or giving fungicides when inflammation is caused by fungi, etc.

Inflammatory bowel disease How can this be prevented?

Prevention of enteritis caused by an infection can be prevented by:

Maintain basic hygiene

1. keep food clean Drinking water, especially ice, kitchen, cooking utensils
2. Food should be cooked thoroughly.
3. Always wash your hands before eating and after going to the bathroom.
4. Always use the toilet when excreting. To reduce the chance of epidemic infectious diseases in the stool
5. In case of traveling abroad Always study the hygiene of the country you are going to go first. especially about drinking water and food

For the prevention of infectious idiopathic enteritis. It is a disease that cannot be prevented. Therefore, we should pay attention to the cleanliness of the food we eat and daily use. This is to help reduce the risk of inflammatory bowel disease.