A Simple Guide to Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Colon Diseases
By Kenneth Kee
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The colon is also known as the large intestine and a part of the digestive system.
It's a long, hollow tube about 6 feet in length at the end of the digestive tract where the body makes and stores stool.
It can cause various symptoms including bleeding, infection and perforation.
Many disorders affect the colon's normal ability to function properly.
Some of these include
1. Irritable bowel syndrome - an uncomfortable condition causing abdominal cramping and other symptoms
2. Diverticulitis - inflammation or infection of pouches in the colon
3. Ulcerative colitis - ulcers of the colon and rectum
4. Megacolon – abnormal dilation of the colon
5. Colonic polyps - extra tissue growing in the colon that can become cancerous
6. Colorectal cancer – malignant disease of the colon and rectum
7. Pseudomembranous Enterocolitis
Some symptoms of the colon are:
1. Abdominal pain can be crampy, achy or sharp, and can be intermittent or constant. Abdominal pain related to colon disease may come and go in waves and may be accompanied by bloating.
2. Most colon diseases cause changes in normal bowel habits; stools may become looser than normal and more frequent or less frequent, hard and difficult to pass
3. Weight loss and fatigue often accompany colon cancer, diverticulosis and ulcerative colitis.
Treatment for colonic diseases varies greatly depending on the disease and its severity.
Treatment may involve diet, medicines and in some cases, surgery.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Chapter 1 Colon Diseases
Chapter 2 IBS
Chapter 3 Diverticulosis
Chapter 4 Ulcerative Colitis
Chapter 5 Megacolon
Chapter 6 Colon Polyps
Chapter 7 Colorectal Cancer
Chapter 8 Pseudomembranous Enterocolitis
Chapter 9 Constipation
Chapter 10 Diarrhea
Epilogue
Kenneth Kee
Medical doctor since 1972.Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours inthe afternoon.He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.comThis autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.The later books go into more details of medical disorders.He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) startingwith the Apple computer and going to PC.The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.Dr Kee is the author of:"A Family Doctor's Tale""Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine""Case Notes From A Family Doctor"
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A Simple Guide to Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Colon Diseases - Kenneth Kee
A
Simple
Guide
to
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
And
Colon Diseases
by
Dr Kenneth Kee
M.B.,B.S. (Singapore)
Ph.D (Healthcare Administration)
Copyright Kenneth Kee 2012 Smashwords Edition
Published By Kenneth Kee at Smashwords.com
Dedication
This book is dedicated
to my wife Dorothy
and my children
Carolyn, Grace
and Kelvin
This book describes the Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Colon Diseases such as IBS, Diverticulosis,Ulcerative Colitis, Megacolon, Colon Polyps, Colorectal Cancer and Pseudomembranous Enterocolitis which are seen in some of my patients in my Family Clinic.
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Chapter 1
Colon Diseases
What are Colon Diseases?
The colon is also known as the large intestine and a part of the digestive system.
It's a long, hollow tube about 6 feet in length at the end of the digestive tract where the body makes and stores stool.
It can cause various symptoms including bleeding, infection and perforation.
Many disorders affect the colon's normal ability to function properly.
Some of these include
1. Irritable bowel syndrome - an uncomfortable condition causing abdominal cramping and other symptoms
2. Diverticulitis - inflammation or infection of pouches in the colon
3. Ulcerative colitis - ulcers of the colon and rectum
4. Megacolon – abnormal dilation of the colon
5. Colonic polyps - extra tissue growing in the colon that can become cancerous
6. Colorectal cancer – malignant disease of the colon and rectum
7. Pseudomembranous Enterocolitis
Some symptoms of the colon are:
1. Abdominal pain can be crampy, achy or sharp, and can be intermittent or constant. Abdominal pain related to colon disease may come and go in waves and may be accompanied by bloating.
2. Most colon diseases cause changes in normal bowel habits; stools may become looser than normal and more frequent or less frequent, hard and difficult to pass
3. Weight loss and fatigue often accompany colon cancer, diverticulosis and ulcerative colitis.
Treatment for colonic diseases varies greatly depending on the disease and its severity.
Treatment may involve diet, medicines and in some cases, surgery.
Chapter 2
Irritable bowel syndrome