What is pseudomembranous enteritis

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Just after the operation, I finally got rid of the suffering of the disease and felt relieved. However, after using antibiotics for a period of time, I found myself particularly uncomfortable. The doctor said that there was pseudomembranous enteritis, which made me confused. Now let me tell you what pseudomembranous enteritis is.

What is pseudomembranous enteritis

First: pseudomembranous enteritis is a kind of acute intestinal inflammation, which mostly occurs in the middle-aged people aged 50-60 years old, with more women than men. It's named because there is a layer of pseudomembrane on the surface of necrotic mucosa of small intestine or colon. This disease is easy to occur after major operation and application of broad-spectrum antibiotics, so it's also called postoperative enteritis and antibiotic enteritis.

Second, the essence of pseudomembranous enteritis is the imbalance of intestinal flora, which plays a non-specific immune role through the following mechanisms: H2O2; bacterial toxin. The function of organic acid and nutrition. It can be seen in shock, heart failure, uremia, colon obstruction, diabetes, leukemia, aplastic anemia, chronic heart and lung diseases, etc.

Third: the disease generally occurs in the process of tumor, chronic consumptive disease and antibiotic application after major surgery, most of which have a sudden onset and rapid development. The earliest onset time can be a few hours after the start of medication, but it can also be about 3 weeks after the withdrawal of antibiotics. About 20% of patients get sick within 2-10 days after the withdrawal of antibiotics. Fever, 10% - 20% of patients with fever, white blood cell count increased, a few can show leukemoid reaction like hemogram. Mild patients usually have moderate fever, while severe patients may have high fever.

matters needing attention

For patients, because the emergence of the disease is unpredictable, so when the pseudomembranous enteritis is found, it should be timely checked and treated in the hospital, so as to effectively control the disease, that is to say, early detection and early treatment, never die, which is unfavorable for the treatment of the disease.