Mucous colitis

Introduction: Mucous colitis

Description of Mucous colitis

Mucous colitis (medical condition): Spasms in the colon wall...more »

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Irritable bowel syndrome:
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Mucous colitis: an affliction of the colon mucous membrane characterized by colicky pain, constipation or diarrhea (sometimes alternating), and passage of mucous or slimy pseudomembranous shreds and patches. SYN: mucocolitis, myxomembranous colitis.
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Mucous colitis: recurrent abdominal pain and diarrhea (often alternating with periods of constipation); often associated with emotional stress.
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Mucous colitis: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Mucous colitis:

• Mucous (766 causes)
• Colitis
• Colon
• Colon symptoms (15 causes)
• Colon disease
• Colon disorder
• Membrane
• Colicky
• Colicky pain (15 causes)

Mucous colitis as a Disease

Mucous colitis: Another name for Irritable bowel syndrome (or close medical condition association).
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  »Symptoms of Irritable bowel syndrome
  »Causes of Irritable bowel syndrome
  »Treatments for Irritable bowel syndrome

Mucous colitis: Related Diseases

Mucous colitis: Mucous colitis is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Digestive Diseases
• Chronic digestive diseases
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Bowel conditions
• Colon conditions
• Intestine conditions
• Abdominal conditions
• Chronic digestive conditions
• Digestive conditions

Causes of Mucous colitis

Some of the causes of Mucous colitis are included in the list below:

• Emotional stress
• Bowel inflammation
• Lactose intolerance
• Fructose intolerance
• Inheritable disorders of connective tissue - Irritable bowel syndrome

See full list of 7 causes of Mucous colitis (Irritable bowel syndrome)

Symptoms of Mucous colitis (Irritable bowel syndrome)

Some of the symptoms of Mucous colitis incude:

• Constipation
• Diarrhea
• Frequent bowel motions
• Abdominal colic
• Abdominal cramping

See full list of 22 symptoms of Mucous colitis (Irritable bowel syndrome)

Treatments for Mucous colitis (Irritable bowel syndrome)

Treatments for Mucous colitis (Irritable bowel syndrome) include:

• Diet changes
  • Avoid triggering foods
  • Low-fat diet
  • High-fiber diet
  • Fiber supplements

See full list of 20 treatments for Mucous colitis

Treatment of Mucous colitis: For more treatment information about Mucous colitis, see treatment of Irritable bowel syndrome (Mucous colitis)

Mucous colitis: Article Excerpts about Irritable bowel syndrome

Irritable Bowel Syndrome: NIDDK (Excerpt)

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common disorder of the intestines that leads to crampy pain,... (Source: excerpt from Irritable Bowel Syndrome: NIDDK)

IBS: NIDDK (Excerpt)

Irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, is a problem that affects mainly the bowel, which is also called the large... (Source: excerpt from IBS: NIDDK)

Mucous colitis: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Mucous colitis:

• functional bowel disease
• irritable colon
• mucous colitis
• nervous bowel
• spastic bowel
• spastic colitis
• postprandial abdominal pain
• stomach pain
• mucorrhea
• Manning criteria
• abdominal pain
• abdominal colic

Terms associated with Mucous colitis:

Terms Similar to Mucous colitis:

• irritable bowel syndrome
• spastic colon

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Mucous colitis

• colitis
• inflammatory bowel disease

Source - WordNet 2.1

The following terms can be used for Mucous colitis

• irritable bowel syndrome

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Mucous colitis

The following list attempts to classify Mucous colitis into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• colitis,inflammatory bowel disease
• inflammation,redness,rubor
• symptom
• evidence,grounds
• information
• cognition,knowledge,noesis
• psychological feature

Source: WordNet 2.1

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