Inflammatory Bowel Disease(IBD)
It is condition in which inflammation of colon and small intestine occurs. It is an autoimmune diseases.
Chief Types of IBD
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Ulcerative Colitis:
Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) characterized by inflammation that produces tiny sores called ulcers on the lining of your colon. It usually begins in the rectum and spreads upward, and can potentially involve the entire colon. These ulcers may cause bleeding and discharge of mucus and pus.
What causes ulcerative colitis?- • Immune system malfunction: In this autoimmune disease, your immune system mistakenly attacks your own intestinal lining, sending in white blood cells and resulting in ongoing inflammation.
- • Heredity: Ulcerative colitis is more common in people who have family members affected by the disease.
- • Chronic stress
- • Certain drugs and chemicals
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Crohn's Disease:
Crohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestines. It primarily causes ulcerations (breaks in the mucosal lining) of the small and large intestines, but it can affect the digestive tract anywhere from the mouth to the anus.
Pathophysiology of Crohn's Disease- • Causes small, scattered, crater-like ulcerations (erosions) on the inner surface of the bowel.
- • Over time, erosions deepen and enlarge, resulting in scarring and stiffness of the bowel.
- • The bowel can become increasingly narrowed as the disease progresses, potentially leading to obstruction.
- • Ulcers may cause punctures in the bowel wall, which can allow bacteria to infect adjacent organs or the abdominal cavity.
Approach
Homoeopathic Approach
Arsenicum Album :
Stool with an offensive odor and dark-colored blood in it. This medicine can bring about much relief when alcoholic drinks, watery fruit, or cold drinks worsen the condition. Burning pain in abdomen and rectum.
Mercurius Corrosivus :
This is the best remedy for patients in whom blood and shreds of mucus membranes are passed along with the stool. The patients feel a constant urge to pass stool but only scanty, the hot stool of offensive odor is passed.
Aloe Socotrina :
Loose stool which gets worse immediately after eating or drinking anything. The patient feels a sudden urge to pass stool and has to rush to the toilet. Also helps in diarrhea that gets worse due to the intake of beer.
Colchicum Autumnale :
For Ulcerative Colitis with jelly-like mucus in stool. The patients have nausea of an extreme degree and cannot tolerate the odor of cooking food, mainly eggs, fish, and meat. Even causes fainting. Vomiting of mucus, bile, and food.
Phosphorus :
Stool containing blood and greenish mucus with extreme offensiveness. The condition mainly gets worse in the morning.
