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Once the decision has been made to medically treat the colic patient, there are a number of pathological areas that need to be treated.

Colic should always be viewed as an emergency as almost every colic case starts with a medical aspect. Over 90% of colics are medical and of these, the majority are associated with spasmodic intestinal colic. It can be difficult for veterianarians to distinguish between medical colic and an early surgical colic because the clinical signs are often very similar. In many cases, Once the decision has been made to medically treat the colic patient, there are a number of pathological areas that need to be treated.