Colonic (colon) disease is any disorder that affects your large intestine’s ability to function appropriately. Your large intestines, or colon, is where your body makes & stores stool.
Many disorders interfere with your colon’s ability to do its work, causing digestive problems. Some common causes for lower intestinal diseases include:
diverticulitis
ulcerative colitis
colorectal cancer
colonic (colon) polyps
irritable [...]
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Regular visual inspection of your stools is a great resource for monitoring your health. Discovering that you have blood in/on your stool, or a bloody stool, can be a frightening experience. However, there are many causes for bloody stools, some considered minor in nature.
Now before you panic, take a gander at the following list [...]
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Diverticulosis are small pouches in the colons that bulge outward through weak spots, called diverticula. Diverticulitis occurs when diverticula become infected or inflamed, causing an attack that can develop suddenly and without warning. The dominant unproven theory is that a low-fiber diet is the main cause of diverticular disease.
Constipation makes your muscles strain [...]
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Ulcerative colitis is an ulcer causing inflammatory bowel disease. Ulcers form in your rectum and colon lining at the site of inflammation, which has killed the healthy cells.
Ulcerative colitis usually starts sometime between late teens and early 30s. Its most common symptoms are abdominal pain coupled with bloody diarrhea. You may [...]
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A colonoscopy is a 30-60 minute medical procedure designed to examine your large intestine (colon). In many cases, this procedure allows for accurate diagnosis and treatment of many colon abnormalities.
Your colon is about a 5 foot long hollow tube that stores unabsorbed food waste and absorbs water and other fluid prior to stool elimination. It [...]
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Colon cancer is cancerous tumors in the lining of your large intestine. Studies indicate that your chances of developing colon cancer go up with:
age ~ after 50
family history
ulcerative colitis
previously had colon cancer
polyps ~ nearly all colon cancers start as polyps
women ~ history of ovary, uterus or breast cancer
diet ~ high in fat; low in calcium, [...]
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Diverticulosis is a condition in which small pouches (diverticula) bulge out through weak spots in your colon and large intestine. If these pouches become inflamed or infected, typically causing lower left abdominal pain and tenderness, you have diverticulitis. Diverticular disease refers to both of these conditions.
Many with diverticulosis never have any discomfort, but some experience:
bloating
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