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A member asked:
What's the difference between spastic colon , functional bowel disease , mucous colitis and ibs . how i can now that i am suffering from them ?!
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Essentially the same: The terms have often been used synonymously. However, a coating of mucus (a colon lubricant) when present in large volume may signal not only problems with colon spasm (ie. Irritable bowel syndrome), but also partial obstruction, infection, ; even sloughed colon lining due to a variety of diseases. It's critical to distinguish ibs from inflammatory bowel diseases (crohn's, ulcerative colitis...).
Answered 11/10/2014
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Gastroenterology: You want to know if you have spastic colon, mucus colitis etc. A gastroenterologist can evaluate your stool and if required may perform a study called colonoscopy. Any times the doctor can get a lot of answers by talking to you about your stool habits.
Answered 1/25/2014
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Have active colitis,acute cryptitis& abscess in both colon&rectum. Persistent diarrhea for 12 weeks& it wakes me up at night. Abdominal pain left side& right side. Doc said IBS bc I've only had it 3 months so it isn't chronic. I thought IBD. Explain?
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Active colitis,acute cryptitis´ abscess in colon&rectum.Persistent diarrhea that wakes me up at night&diarrhea 6+times/day. Blood&mucus in stool. Abdominal pain& tenderness left&right side, stomach cramps&side pain. Doc said IBS. Is that right?
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