Ulcerative colitis

Colitis is a chronic inflammatory disease that does not specific, accompanied ulcer in colon, with an unknown etiology. Can occur at any age, most often in young adults between 20 to 40 years. At the beginning, ulcerative colitis can infiltrate slowly with discomfort in the stomach vague, anorexia, fatigue and then place the changes in bowel movements. Rectal bleeding with or without diarrhea are often the first symptom that causes patients to go to the doctor. Many patients with localized disorder (ulcerative proctitis), complained only intermittent rectal bleeding without diarrhea. In most cases with ulcerative colitis, the disease is more intensive and they defecate contain pus and blood and mucus mixed with a little material faeces. Because abnormalities in the rectum to be progressive, the threshold value of stimulation by faeces material is low, and the patient feels pain around the stomach, tenesmus. Abdominal pain like colic is becoming diminished with defecation. This is the main complaint. In the third case began suddenly, with bloody diarrhea, fever, anorexia and general weakness. Two-thirds of cases of ulcerative colitis take intermittent symptomatic, but 30% of this disease active continuously. Approximately 5% of the disease progress faster and progressive extreme (fulminant. Rectal discharge is almost constant and massive bleeding. Fever, hypo volemia, tachycardia, and hypo proteinemia was the main manifestation. Conspicuous dilatation of the colon that occurs, especially in the transverse colon, which inflate with abdominal pain. This condition is known as acute toxic megacolon, which lost all the tonus of colon, becomes very dilatation and perforation if treatment cannot be executed. Pseudopolyposis of local complications, the risk of colon carcinoma to be getting bigger. Complications outside the colon in the form of skin disorders: pustule, erythemia multiform, erythema nodusum, Pyoderma gangrenosum, arthritis, conjunctivitis and uveitis. The diagnosis is strengthened with the examiner and barium enema sigmoidoscopy. Found in erythrocytes and leukocytes in the rectal discharge can be ruled out as a disturbance functional spastic colitis. Faeces should be examined the possibility of an amoeba. In addition, we should also rule out the possibility basilar and dysentery infection salmonella. In the science of acupuncture-moxibustion, including colitis ulcerative bowel disorders. In accordance with the movement of five elements theory, the large intestine can be a pain because: large intestine itself becomes sick, the mother-child relationship, meaning magic spleen stomach, large intestine becomes ill, kidney-bladder, large intestine becomes ill Relationship oppression-insult, that is mean: if the excessive heart function (Yang Se), it will suppress colon (Yin Si) If excessive liver function (which was), it will insult the large intestine (Yin Si).

Acupuncture therapy has been showing a good result to treat of acute ulcerative colitis and chronic colitis as well. For a good result it is highly recommended to have a series of acupuncture treatment and Chinese Herbs. One series is 15 to 20 acupuncture session. The tratment can be done every other day regularly it is suitable for acute cases. While for chronic cases, can be done once every three days