If certain symptoms associated with unloading regularly come back, that's more than an inconvenience, it should pay attention because it can be a sign of chronic bowel disease, among others. It is the more you know about these.

Chronic colitis sufferers usually young age has become part of their lives to the disease symptoms, the long-term treatment, regular medical check-ups, dietary restrictions, and often uncomfortable tests. This causes problems in everyday life. The Diet, the driving, traveling, can cause a lot of concern in relation to the constant medication, fear of cancer, from surgery. Understanding the disease will help to those affected, in spite of the disease can live a calm, balanced life. Possession of sufficient knowledge themselves can achieve a lot.

Not a problem, but the disposition inherited:

In our country, an estimated 20-25 thousand inflammatory bowel disease.
Chronic inflammatory diseases of the colon of unknown origin between the two diseases include: ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease .

Both diseases usually starts at a young age, most often between 20-40 years of age. Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis exact reason is still unknown. Research has found that although none of the disease hereditary predisposition to a genetically defined at both exists. This can reduce the intestinal resilience and dysfunction of the immune system. In the latter case, the body does not recognize it as a stranger living in their gut bacteria, such as defense mechanisms against those triggers, which can then lead to. The predisposition probably associated with other factors, such as seemingly insignificant intestinal infections, other diseases, medications, such as antibiotics, mental or physical overload, which brings to the surface the latent tendency.

Similar symptoms ...

The known "inflammatory bowel disease" collectively most ulcerative colitis symptoms associated with the bowel movement, because the disease affects the large intestine only. The more loose stools a few times a day emptying may be the first symptom. Additional signs may include blood and pus in the stool, rectal bleeding after bowel movements lack the "total elimination" of feeling. You can sign urging passing stools nausea, severe stomach cramps in relation to bowel movements, joint pain, intermittent Rectal pain.
Symptoms of Crohn's disease can be very diverse, because the disease can occur in any part of the gastrointestinal tract. You can inform abdominal pain and bloating after meals, ulcers, bleeding wounds formation around the anal area, high fever, chills, loss of appetite, weight loss, fistulas, intestinal strictures.

And differences ...

How to recognize? In Crohn's disease the differences between ulcerative colitis and more are on the one hand, that the disease of the gastrointestinal tract which section occurs. Ulcerative colitis falls ill only the colon, whereas in Crohn's disease of the small intestine and colon include, in fact the upper sections of the gastrointestinal tract (esophagus, stomach) may occur as well. Another essential difference lies in the bowel wall in question, it is the mucosa of ulcerative colitis disease, while in Crohn's disease the whole bowel wall-section damaged.

Two Diseases That Can Ruin Our Lives
Two Diseases That Can Ruin Our Lives

The intestinal inflammation of the lining, so the deeper layers extends even reach the outer surface of the intestine, which may stick together with the adjacent bowel, abdominal organs (bladder, uterus, vagina). The inflammation can also spread to these, and among the clumps of abnormal organs flight, so-called. Internal fistulas occur. Bacteria intestinal contents containing large numbers of fistula can be passed to an otherwise sterile organs or get out of the abdominal cavity and cause additional complications. Such complications with ulcerative colitis never occur. Crohn's disease is also characterized by the perianal skin called. external fistula as well. The symptoms of Crohn's leading weight loss: if the disease affects the small intestine, malabsorption, nutrient deficiency symptoms may develop. Ulcerative colitis, ulcerative colitis, none of the characteristics.

The doctor's diagnostic and treatment options:

The detection of inflammatory bowel disease doctors are available to test different methods: végbélvizsgálat, ultrasound, colonoscopy, irrigoszkópia (clay contrast radiography), rectoscopy, CT, MRI and laboratory tests. The joints and examination of the eye to detect any symptoms or complications other than the gut serves. Treatment of diseases of inflammation inhibitors, immune drugs, biological agents, antibiotics, respectively. Additional event management formulas, iron preparations, vitamins and trace elements, probiotics may be included. The Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis detailed description of a medical disorder can be found in our lexicon.

Take care of yourself!

Some basic, good advice is worth heed to lifestyle choices.
Inflammatory bowel disease in case of need to avoid excessive physical, mental, nervous straining, for advice more of a "saver mode" to pick up. The sports are hiking, cross-country skiing, cycling, swimming can be recommended to the gym strenuous exercise, stress associated with sports, jump, strong zökkenésekkel accompanied by movements in interest is not affected. Contraindicated in the sun, tanning beds, if only because some of the drugs used to cause photosensitivity. During travel, vacation need for more caution than usual to avoid the infection is more dangerous or unknown, exotic local food.

In the case of smoking and alcohol consumption of proven detrimental colitis, ornate, delicious, nutritious diet can be recommended, of course, individual differences according to what their sensitive foods that worsen your condition. Some medications should be avoided because of inflammation fellobbanthatják. Such as aspirin, non-articular complaints taken any NSAIDs, such as diclofenak, certain antibiotics, such as doxycycline. We need to clarify the scope of the doctor.

Inflammatory bowel disease patients is good to know that they are not alone: ​​the fate partner organized from country colitis, Crohn's Patients Association is doing a lot of stakeholders for information, publications, lectures, exchange of experience.