Functional Disorders of the Colon
Your colon can suffer from many kinds of diseases. When the disease’s cause can easily be pinpointed, it is easy to treat. But when a disease is not supported by physical proof through medical procedures, treatment can be tricky. When a person feels symptoms but the colon does not show abnormalities, it is said that he has a funtional disorder of the colon. Usually, abnormalities in the digestive tract can be detected through x-ray, blood tests, physical examinations, biopsies, and other medical procedures. A person has a functional disorder of the colon when one or several of these procedures show that his colon is perfectly normal.
The most common functional disorder of the colon is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). This disorder is accompanied by pain, bloating, and bowel movement that often sways from constipation to diarrhea. Usually, when the patient feels pain in the abdomen, it will only be relieved when he defecates. This disorder is often diagnosed after the doctor has ruled out all other possible causes of the symptoms. If the colon shows nothing out of the ordinary after a colonoscopy, sigmodoiscopy, physical exam, or stool tests are done, the doctor will usually say that the patient suffers from Irritable Bowel Syndome. Since there is no way for the causes to be treated, the doctor will usually just give the patient medicine for the pain and bloating.
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