Symptoms and treatment of acute bowel spasm in adults

The symptoms of intestinal spasm are also called spasmodic colic. The main cause of spasm is the pain caused by the strong contraction of the intestinal smooth muscle of the human body. The biggest feature of this disease is that it occurs very suddenly. What are the symptoms of acute intestinal spasm? How should it be treated?

1. Symptoms of acute intestinal spasm

1. Intestinal spasms can cause paroxysmal abdominal pain, which may cause the patient to wake up suddenly from sleep. Each attack usually lasts from ten to several minutes. The pain may stop quickly, but it is easy to recur. Some patients may have abdominal pain symptoms for several days after intestinal spasms.

2. Spasm is a disease that can cause great pain to people. After the onset of the disease, the patient may roll over and over in bed due to unbearable pain and sweat profusely. More serious patients may have a pale complexion and cold hands and feet.

2. Treatment Methods

1. Reduce external stimulation to the intestine. First of all, we need to understand the external factors that may cause intestinal stimulation, which mainly include dietary factors, cold abdomen and lesions of the digestive system itself. As long as we pay attention to the above unfavorable factors, we can reduce the incidence of intestinal spasm.

2. A simpler method is to boil ginger slices in water, then add some brown sugar and give it to the patient, which can relieve spasmodic abdominal pain. You can also massage the affected area.

3. When intestinal spasm occurs due to not paying attention to diet or the abdomen is cold, you can use a hot water bag or hot towel to apply hot compress to the patient's abdomen to relieve the pain caused by intestinal spasm.