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Spastic Colon But Not Ibs.


Ann1231

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I saw my doctor today for this pain I've had for some time. I have upper left abdominal pain which radiates to my side and back. It often feels swollen, especially in the back, nagging pain, occasional sharp pains, sometimes gurgly feeling. When I burp or pass gas (sorry), there is a little relief but pressure builds again. Dr. said I have something with a long name that I didn't get (it's too late to call back today) but it had "spleen" in the name and he said something about the ligament holding the spleen and such and how at that bend of the colon in that area it kinks up and things don't pass thru properly, but the details are just not there for me tonight. He said it used to be called spastic colon and to eat more fiber and lots more liquids. However, everything I'm finding on the net with spastic colon is referring to it as IBS but my symptoms are not lower abdomen at all. I was very clear on my description to him and he indicated the area on my body so I know there was no mis-communication. Does anyone know what I'm talking about here or where I can get more information on this?

thank you :)

Ann


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Spastic colon and IBS are generally equated. If you look at an anatomy chart of the human GI system you will see that the colon turns out from the rectum then ascends up the left (your left) side of the abdomen where it makes a bend across the top of the abdomen nad then turns down again along t he right side. The colon is synonomous with the term "large bowel", hence a spastic colon refers to the same thing as IBS. See: Open Original Shared Link

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