Motility and functional disorders
As a rule, the basis of patients’ complaints of abdominal pain, heartburn, belching, nausea, vomiting, stool disorders, bloating are motor disorders, which can be primary (functional) and secondary – arising from organic changes in the gastrointestinal tract. Symptoms are formed mainly due to impaired motor activity of either the wall of a hollow organ or sphincter apparatus. Functional disorders of various organs of the gastrointestinal tract can overlap each other, which creates certain difficulties for diagnosis and treatment. Some patients with gastrointestinal symptoms experience psychological conditions such as anxiety, conversion disorders, psychosomatic illnesses, or illness-related anxiety disorders.
Specialists of the General Surgery Department at the Tel Aviv Medical Clinic Israeli Clinic will conduct an examination using laboratory and instrumental diagnostic methods, determining the need for them individually. According to the testimony, using the latest equipment and effective technology, the doctor will prescribe adequate treatment.
Symptoms
If you have the following symptoms, you should immediately consult a doctor:
- flatulence;
- rumbling;
- bloating or sprains;
- the feeling of defective bowel movement and transfusion in the stomach;
- imperative urge to defecate and excessive discharge of gases;
- abdominal pain;
- violation of bowel movements and intestinal contents;
- constipation;
- diarrhoea.
A qualified specialist will conduct the necessary examination and select an individual therapy regimen taking into account the characteristics of the development of the disease and the general condition of the patient.
Treatment
Comprehensive treatment includes dietetic recommendations, psychotherapeutic measures, drug therapy, physiotherapeutic procedures. In case of constipation, the provider specialists: the abolition of fixing drugs, products that contribute to constipation, the intake of a large amount of liquid, foods rich in ballast substances (bran), physical activity and the elimination of stress. With a predominance of diarrhoea, they restrict the intake of gross.
Today, our department has a large arsenal of drugs that act on different pathogenetic smooth muscle spasm links that form pain. The doctor’s task is to choose the most appropriate antispasmodic, minimize side effects, stop the pain as quickly as possible, limit it, prevent its return.