Megacolon medical therapy

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Possible treatments include:

• In stable cases, use of laxatives and bulking agents, as well as modifications in diet and stool habits are effective.
• Corticosteroids and other anti-inflammatory medication is used in toxic megacolon.
• Disimpaction of feces and decompression using anorectal and nasogastric tubes.
• When megacolon worsens and the conservative measures fail to restore transit, surgery may be necessary.

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