Illustration Colon pain

Pain in the colon

1. Liver - Hepar
2. Colon, ascending part -
   Ascending colon
3. Appendix - Caecum
4. Appendix -
   Appendix vermiformis
5. Rectum - Rectum
6. Large intestine, transverse part -
   Transverse colon
7. Large intestine, descending part -
   Descending colon
8. Small intestine -
   Intestine tenue
9. Stomach - Guest
   Causes:
   A - colon polyps
   (Thickening of the mucous membrane
   or glandular tissue)
   B - Colon Cancer -
   Colon cancer
   (Malignant tumors of the intestine)
   C - appendicitis
   (Inflammation of the appendix)
   D - colon diverticulum
   (Protrusions of the intestinal wall)
   E Crohn's disease
   (Chronic inflammatory
   Bowel disease)
   F - ulcerative colitis
   (Chronic inflammation
   of the colon)
   -Food intolerance,
   a lot of stress, eating too fast

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