Irritable bowel (spastic colon)

Irritable bowel 

spastic colon

Diagnosis : 

.usually young adult anxious tense

.Female more than male

.Usually abdominal distension with diarrhea and several loose motions related to meals

May be alternative with constipation.

Usually tenderness and colic over sigmoid colon especially before defecation.

Some cases may show only painless persistent diarrhea.

No other data are found.

Treatment :

1 symptomatic treatment.

2 to regulate colon peristalsis.

3 other drugs.

4 instructions.

1- symptomatic treatment

As diarrhea   constipation  distention

2- to regulate colon peristalsis

Gast-reg  tab.  Susp. Supp. Amp.  

G-regular  tab.  Susp.

One tab. 3 times daily half an hour before meal.

3- Other drugs.

Bran tab.  (contains bran and cellulose→natural fibers good regulate GIT motility) 2x1 before sleep.

Cloxide tab. 1x3 before meals.

Librax tab. (is anxiolytic drug used only for a short period as it causes potential habituation) 1x3.

4-instructions.

- frequent small meals.

- avoid eating foods causing gases as fish, onion, falafel, lentil and eggplants.

- decrease nervousness as much as bossible.