I have a pain in my lower back and I always want to have a bowel movement. What's going on?

If you experience lower back pain and the urge to defecate, you should consider intestinal inflammation, especially colitis. On the one hand, you should go to the hospital for a good examination in time. On the other hand, you should pay attention to a good diet. You should drink more water, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, and eat more foods that can promote bowel movements. You should also understand some dietary taboos.

Symptoms of Colitis What are the symptoms of colitis:

(1) Diarrhea: It is caused by inflammatory stimulation and the severity varies. Diarrhea is the main symptom of this disease. In mild cases, the patient may have diarrhea 3-4 times a day, with soft or mushy stools that may be mixed with mucus, pus and blood; in severe cases, the patient may have diarrhea dozens of times a day or have alternating diarrhea and constipation.

(2) Abdominal pain: Mild patients have no abdominal pain or only abdominal discomfort. The symptoms of this type of colitis should attract people's attention. Generally, there are mild to moderate abdominal pain, which may involve the entire abdomen and be relieved after the urge to defecate.

(3) Constipation: The patient has bowel movements once every 4-5 days, and the stool is like sheep dung.

(4) Heavy blood in the stool: The symptoms of this type of colitis refer to heavy intestinal bleeding in a short period of time, accompanied by increased pulse, decreased blood pressure and low hemoglobin, requiring blood transfusion treatment.

(5) Intestinal stenosis: It is generally asymptomatic clinically, but can cause intestinal obstruction in severe cases. When intestinal stenosis occurs in this disease, one should be alert to tumors.

(6) Intestinal perforation: The use of corticosteroids is considered a risk factor for intestinal perforation.

Foods that people with colitis should not eat

1. Edible fungi mainly include mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, etc. Overeating of these foods can easily cause wind and yang, triggering chronic diseases such as liver yang headache, liver wind dizziness, etc. In addition, it can easily induce or aggravate skin sores and swelling.

2. Sea food mainly includes aquatic products such as hairtail, yellow croaker, pomfret, clam meat, shrimp, crab, etc. These foods are mostly salty, cold and fishy. For people with allergic constitution, they can easily induce allergic diseases such as asthma and urticaria. At the same time, they can also easily induce skin diseases such as sores, swelling and toxins.

3. Vegetables mainly include bamboo shoots, mustard greens, pumpkin, spinach, etc. These foods can easily induce skin sores and swelling.

4. The main fruit categories include peaches, apricots, etc. Predecessors have pointed out that eating too many peaches can easily cause heat, carbuncle, sore, ulcer, furuncle, worm and other diseases. Eating too many apricots can cause carbuncle and furuncle, and hurt the tendons and bones.