Medical Dictionary: Spastic bowel
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Spastic bowel: Another name for Irritable bowel syndrome.
Spastic bowel (condition): Spasms in the colon wall
Spastic bowel: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common disorder of the intestines that leads to crampy pain, gassiness, bloating, and changes in bowel habits. Some people with IBS have constipation (difficult or infrequent bowel movements); others have diarrhea (frequent loose stools, often with an urgent need to move the bowels); and some people experience both. Sometimes the person with IBS has a crampy urge to move the bowels but cannot do so.
Through the years, IBS has been called by many names--colitis, mucous
colitis, spastic colon, spastic bowel, and functional bowel disease. Most
of these terms are inaccurate. Colitis, for instance, means inflammation
of the large intestine (colon). IBS, however, does not cause inflammation
and should not be confused with another disorder, ulcerative colitis.
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More information on medical condition: Irritable bowel syndrome:
- Introduction: Irritable bowel syndrome
- Basic Summary for Irritable bowel syndrome
- Causes of Irritable bowel syndrome
- Symptoms of Irritable bowel syndrome
- Complications of Irritable bowel syndrome
- Diagnostic Tests for Irritable bowel syndrome
- Misdiagnosis of Irritable bowel syndrome
- Treatments for Irritable bowel syndrome
Footnotes:
1. excerpt from Irritable Bowel Syndrome: NIDDK
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