A 62-year-old woman with a recent hysterectomy (6 months ago) was diagnosed with spastic colon after colonoscopy for abdominal pain radiating to the rectum. She was then treated with Tofranil 10 mg, ...

Answer From Michael F. Picco, M.D. Spastic colon is another term for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a common disorder characterized by abdominal cramping, abdominal pain, bloating, constipation, and ...

Medically, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is known by a variety of other terms: spastic colon, spastic colitis, mucous colitis, and nervous or functional bowel. Usually, it is a disorder of the large ...

One man’s ulcers are another man’s high blood pressure. Ever since Hippocrates, doctors have believed that certain kinds of people lean toward certain kinds of diseases. Many a wild guess has been ...

Stercoral colitis is an inflammatory condition in which feces collect and cause pressure to build up within the colon. It can lead to complications such as rupture without treatment. Chronic ...