Pain in the large intestine

Pain in the colon can have various causes. Among the most common ones: Appendicitis In the vernacular, the inflammation of the appendix (Latin: Appendix vermiformis) is also known as appendicitis. Strictly speaking, however, this term is incorrect, since it is not the appendix (lat.

: caecum) that is inflamed, but only its appendix! At the beginning of the disease, patients typically feel a dull, non-localized pain in the middle or upper abdomen. Within the first 8-12 hours the pain moves to the right lower abdomen.

There it increases in intensity over time, so that patients suffer from severe, often burning pain. The Mc-Burney-Point and the Lanz-Point are particularly sensitive to pain. Diverticulitis Diverticulitis is the term used to describe protrusions of the colon wall to the outside.

As a rule, they do not cause pain and therefore often go unnoticed for a long time. It is now known that the risk of colon cancer increases significantly with increasing size. The mucous membrane of the diverticula can be injured by various causes, e.g. food components that are difficult to digest.

This is how germs get in and cause inflammation. In the worst case, an inflamed diverticulum can break open (perforate) and thus cause a dangerous peritonitis. In more than 90% of the cases the diverticula are found in the sigmoid colon.

Therefore, patients with diverticulitis experience left-sided pain in the lower abdomen.Irritable bowel syndromeIrritable bowel syndrome (also known as colon irritable, irritable bowel or functional bowel problems) is a collective term for chronic abdominal complaints that cannot be explained by other clinical pictures. Patients suffer from pain in the entire abdominal area, constipation, diarrhea, flatulence and a feeling of fullness. Since there is no permanent organic damage, this disease is not “dangerous” at first.

Instead, a close connection between psychological discomfort (stress, anger, etc.) and irritable bowel syndrome has been proven. Those affected very often feel a high level of suffering.