Tenesmus: From 5 Different Sources
A feeling of incomplete emptying of the bowel in which an urge to pass faeces accompanies ineffective straining. It may be a symptom of inflammation or of a tumour (see colon, cancer of).
tennis elbow Pain and tenderness on the outside of the elbow and in the back of the forearm. Commonly called epicondylitis, it is caused by inflammation of the tendon that attaches the muscles that straighten the fingers and wrist to the humerus. Treatment consists of resting the arm, applying ice-packs, and taking analgesic drugs or nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Ultrasound treatment, injection of a corticosteroid drug, or surgery are sometimes needed. tenosynovitis Inflammation of the lining of the sheath that surrounds a tendon. The usual cause is excessive friction caused by repetitive movements; bacterial infection is a rare cause. The hands and wrists are most often affected. Symptoms include pain, tenderness, and swelling over the tendon. Treatment is with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or a local injection of a corticosteroid drug. However, if infection is the cause, antibiotic drugs are prescribed. A splint to immobilize the joint, or surgery, may also be needed. tenovaginitis Inflammation or thickening of the fibrous wall of the sheath that surrounds a tendon.
Painful but ineffectual attempts at defaecation.
The painful expelling cramps of the tubular smooth muscles and ducts. Normal peristalsis of various types produce no pain or sensation (except for the dreaded borborygmies); only the energetic expulsion contraction can induce referred pain. Examples: Nausea, gas pain, uterine cramps, gall bladder pain.
A symptom of disease affecting the lower part of the large INTESTINE, such as DYSENTERY, piles (HAEMORRHOIDS) or tumour. It consists of a constant sense of heavy discomfort about the lower bowel and desire to defaecate, coupled with straining when doing so, with the passage of mucus and often blood.
n. a sensation of the desire to defecate or urinate, associated with straining and the passage of minimal volumes of faeces or urine or none at all. Rectal tenesmus may be due to *proctitis, prolapse of the rectum, rectal tumour, or *irritable bowel syndrome.
Cramps or tenesmus of the gall bladder or bile ducts.... cholecystalgia
Linn.
Family: Papilionaceae; Fabaceae.
Habitat: Throughout India in tropical areas; also cultivated in hedges.
English: Butterfly Pea, Winged- leaved Clitoria, Mezereon.
Ayurvedic: Girikarnikaa, Aparaa- jitaa, Aasphota, Girimallikaa, Girikanyaa, Kokilaa,Yonipushpaa, Vishnukraantaa. (Evolvulus alsi- noides Linn. is also known as Vishnukraantaa, Vishnukranti). Used as Shankhapushpi in the South.
Unani: Mezereon Hindi.
Siddha/Tamil: Kakkanam.
Folk: Koyal (Punjab).
Action: Root—cathartic like jalap. Roots cause gripe and tenesmus, hence not recommended as purgative. Used in ascites. Root bark—diuretic (infusion used in irritation of bladder and urethra). Root juice—given in cold milk to liquefy phlegm in chronic bronchitis. The root, bark, seeds and leaves—used for gastric acidity. The root is administered with honey as a general tonic to children for improving mental faculty.
The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India recommends the dried leaf in migraine, psychoneurosis and mania.An alcoholic extract of the plant showed sedative and hypothermic effect in rodents.Rats, fed with ethanol extract of flowers, showed a significantly lowered serum sugar level in experimentally induced diabetes.The seeds contain a nucleoprotein with its amino acid sequence similar to insulin, but for the absence of his- tidine, threonine, proline and crystine.Seeds gave cinnamic acid, flavonol gly- coside. Leaves contain glycosides of kaempferol.In South India, the seeds and roots constitute the drug Shankhapushpi, used as a nervine tonic. In other regions, Canscora decussata, Convolvulus pluricaulis, Evolvulus alsinoides and Lavendula bipinnata are used as Shan- khapushpi.
Dosage: Root—1-3 g powder (API Vol. II); dried leaf—2-5 g; seed—1- 3 g. (API Vol. IV.)... clitoria ternatea
Cramping or spasms of a smooth muscle tube, such as the uterus (menstrual cramps) the ureters (passing kidney stones) or the stomach (stomachache). Also called tenesmus.... colic
Bloody diarrhoea. The classical manifestations are fever, crampy abdominal pain, tenesmus with mucous bloody stool. All of the enteropathogens that have the facility to invade or destroy the intestinal mucosa, especiallythe colonic mucosa, will have clinical presentation of dysentery. The common organisms are Shigella spp, Salmonella spp, Campylobacter jejuni, Yersinia enterocolitica, Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (E.I.E.C.), Enterohaemorrhagic Esch. Coli (E.H.E.C.) Entamoeba histolytica.... dysentery
The presence of endometrial tissue outside of the uterus. The endometrium is the mucus membrane inner lining of the uterus, with glandular cells and structural cells, both responding to estrogen by increasing in size (the proliferative phase), the first responding to progesterone (the secretory phase); if there is endometrial tissue outside of the uterus, the tissue expands and shrinks in response to the estrus cycle, but the normal shedding of the menstrual phase can be difficult. The most common type of endometriosis is found in the fallopian tubes; the abnormal fallopian endometrial tissue can shed and drain into the uterus, but it hurts! It’s funny, but little tiny ducts, like the ureters, bile ducts, and fallopian tubes really cramp. The colon and uterus are big muscular tubes and, when cramped up, cause rather strong pain. When one of those little bitty things gets tenesmus, your face gets white (or light tan), you start to sweat, shiver, and revert to a fetal position. Endometriosis that occurs around the ovaries or inside the belly and therefore can NEVER drain is a purely physical and medical condition, but fallopian presence of endometrium usually reaches its peak in the early thirties. It can be helped by ensuring a strong estrogen and progesterone balance, thereby decreasing the tendency to form clots in the tubes, and to experience severe cramps every month... endometriosis
n. inflammation of the rectum. Symptoms are ineffective straining to empty the bowels (*tenesmus), urgency, rectal pain, diarrhoea, and the discharge of blood or mucus. Proctitis is invariably present in *ulcerative colitis and sometimes in *Crohn’s disease and a sexually transmitted infection (particularly in those who practise anal intercourse). Rarer causes include damage by irradiation (radiation proctitis), or after a colostomy has rendered the rectum nonfunctional (diversion proctitis).... proctitis
Linn.
Family: Curciferace, Brassicaceae.
Habitat: Native to West Asia; cultivated throughout India as a salad plant.
English: Garden Cress, Water Cress.
Ayurvedic: Chandrashuura, Chan- drikaa, Vaas-pushpaa, Pashume- hankaarikaa, Nandini, Suvaasaraa, Aashaalim.
Unani: Habb-ul-rashaad, Tukh-e- Taratezak, Haalim, Sipandaan.
Siddha/Tamil: Alivirai.
Action: Used in asthma, bronchial affections and bleeding piles. Seeds—lactagogue, diuretic, and emmenagogue. Used for treating skin disorders, fever, amoebic dysentery and asthma. Leaf— stimulant, antiscorbutic, diuretic. Roots—used in secondary syphilis and in tenesmus.
The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India recommends the use of dried seeds, in powder form, in gout.The seeds are a good source of iron, but its bioavailability is poor (5.4% of total iron). They are used for rapid healing ofbone fractures. The ethano- lic extract of seeds significantly increased collagen synthesis and its deposition at bone fracture portion in the treated rats. The tensile strength of the broken tibiae also increased.The seeds contain an alkaloid (0.19%), glucotropaeolin, sinapin (cho- line ester of sinapic acid), sinapic acid, mucilaginous matter (5%) and uric acid (0.108 g/kg). The seed oil exhibits pronounced oestrogenic activity.The seed mucilage allays the irritation of the mucous membrane of intestines in dysentery and diarrhoea. It consists of a mixture of cellulose (18.3%) and uronic acid-containing polysaccharides; acid hydrolysis yield L-arabinose, D-galactose, L-rhamnose, D-glacturonic acid and D-glucose.The plant contains pantothenic acid, pyridoxin and rutin. Ethanolic extract of the plant showed antiviral activity against rinderpest virus.
Dosage: Seed—3-6 g powder. (API, Vol. I.)... lepidium sativum
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