In order to understand the concept of spasm, it is necessary to know the types of muscles that exist in the human body , which are: voluntary or skeletal muscle, heart muscle, and smooth or involuntary muscles. When some of these contracts muscles causes pain getting it the name spasm. Antispasmodic is a medicine that helps fight contractures, cramps, and seizures in the body. There are plants such as evening primrose, rue, lemon leaves, linden, chamomile, among others, which contain antispasmodic properties.
These are often used in digestive spasms, colicky liver and kidney pain, and uterine pain in women. Antispasmodics serve to reduce the effects of an unwanted spasm, in different types of muscles, such as an intestinal spasm, this produces a nervous and very annoying discomfort, the antispasmodic acts by relieving symptoms and pain.
Antispasmodics should be used with great care in people with down syndrome, acute myocardial infarction, fever, pregnant women, with hypertension, gastroesophageal reflux, tachycardias and people who are susceptible to suffering from narrow-angle glaucoma.
These can cause unwanted reactions in people such as constipation, dry mouth, dry skin, retention of urine, altered heart rhythm, pupillary dilation, reduction of bronchial secretion. However, sometimes some symptoms such as vomiting, nausea, dizziness and confusion may appear. In very rare cases it can cause narrow-angle glaucoma.
One of the main problems for which this drug is used is to treat colic, originating in the intestine, the gallbladder, the fallopian tubes and the renal duct. When these viscera are irritated, it causes pain and can be caused by ingestion of food in poor condition, before the passage of a kidney stone or inflammation of the fallopian tubes.
It is important to mention that the pain becomes chronic, you should immediately go to a medical consultation, to be checked by a specialist in the area, since it is not advisable to rely only on home treatments.
