Colitis explained
(inflammation of the colon)
A pain in the belly is sometimes hard to explain, but if it occurs in regular intervals, with symptoms such as incessant pain together with chronic diarrhea or constipation, your are showing characteristic of Colitis.
The good news is, this condition is avoidable, as it is one of the many degenerative diseases common in the twentieth century, owing to dietary and emotional stresses.
Holistic Health Care and Naturopathy is always striving for balance and harmony, in body, mind and spirit.
In this short article we provide some practical measures to aid healing, but the emphasis is placed on you and a lifestyle change...
You have to take positive steps to remove stresses and work out your diet.
Better still learn how to cope through relaxation - meditation therapy, even if this is only 10 to 15 minutes a day with quiet music, deep breathing exercises, baths or foot massage.
The stress factor is particularly relevant to colitis.
Symptoms include:
Abdominal pain, tenderness or discomfort, cramping are found in the lower left side, relieved by defecation. (moving your bowels)
Diarrhea, a gradual change in bowel habits is noticed, with recur ring episodes of frequent small watery bowel movements containing mucus, and sometimes blood and pus.
(ulcerative colitis - see a Doctor)
In severe cases, between five and twenty motions have been reported.
Other signs include weight loss, fever, loss of appetite, lack of energy.
Obviously, many complications can occur with colitis, or any chronic condition which is involving inflammation or ulceration... which will not be addressed in this article.
Colitis should not be taken lightly and a medical diagnosis is vital if you are experiencing any of these symptoms, particularly as there are other conditions that are easily confused with it, such as Chrohn's disease.
Colitis by definition means "inflammation of the colon" from the Greek "kolon" (large intestine) and "itis" (inflammation).
As for the cause, factors such as emotional stress, food intolerance and allergies can play an important part, which can precipitate an attack.
Unfortunately, colitis tends to become a chronic illness, leading often to ulceration (ulcerative colitis) of the mucosal membrane of the large intestine. Occasionally, only the rectum is affected (ulcerative proctitis).
Lifestyle changes, as mentioned before, would be to reduce stress, sort out the diet, eliminate offending food items, which include alcohol.
An elimination diet is often helpful, for pinpointing offending food.
A digestive repair protocol is strongly recommended, which should be continued with a detox program in order to eliminate possible antigens.
Direct treatment would involve oxygen colon hydrotherapy, and no digestive repair protocol should go ahead without first eliminating harmful organism in the large colon.
Personally, I recommend for everyone at least 1 week each year, to go through a mild Detoxification Program, including prevention techniques and re-establishing intestinal flora, and most of all assist all detoxification with Colonic irrigation.
Article provided by ...
the editor of Use Nature, Dieter L.
