Ulcerative colitis

Ulcerative colitis is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Between 5 percent and 10 percent of people with ulcerative colitis also have an inflammatory arthritis called colitic arthritis. Its cause isn't clear.
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Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory bowel disease in which the inner lining of the large intestine (colon or bowel) and rectum become inflamed.
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Ulcerative colitis
Definition:
Ulcerative colitis is a chronic, episodic, inflammatory disease of the large intestine and rectum characterized by bloody diarrhea.
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Ulcerative colitis affects approximately one in 160 people.
It's more common than Crohn's disease.
It most often occurs in Caucasians, particularly those of Jewish decent.
Symptoms usually first appear between the ages of 15 and 35.
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Ulcerative Colitis
What is ulcerative colitis?
Ulcerative colitis is an inflammation in the lining of the large intestine (colon) and rectum.
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Chronic Ulcerative Colitis (CUC)
Ulcerative Colitis
An inflammatory disease of the large bowel. It is not an allergic disease because is not mediated by IgE , but has an immunologic basis. See also Crohn Disease and Celiac Disease .
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Ulcerative colitis is a serious chronic inflammation and ulceration of the lining of the colon and rectum. Another form of colitis, called Crohn's disease, has similar signs and includes thickening of the intestinal wall.
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Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease are generally chronic and have no known cures. Treatment usually consists of symptom relief and reduction of inflammation.
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Ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s colitis—Ulcerative colitis is a condition that causes inflammation and sores (ulcers) in the lining of the colon.
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ulcerative colitis
Chronic inflammation of the colon that produces ulcers in its lining. This condition is marked by abdominal pain, cramps, and loose discharges of pus, blood, and mucus from the bowel.
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ulcerative colitis
A chronic inflammatory disease of the large intestine characterized by bloody diarrhea.
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Ulcerative Colitis
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Ulcerative colitis affects inflammation of only the superficial lining cells of the colon, whereas Crohn's disease involves inflammation of the full thickness of the gut.
BETTINA GREGORY: Dr. Tepper, what are the causes of IBD?
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Ulcerative colitisLong-lasting and repeated inflammation of the colon with the development of sores.
Source: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, Published December, 2002 by the Gale Group
The Essay Author is Nancy Ross-Flanigan.
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Mild ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease, which consists of intermittent bouts of cramps, diarrhea and possible weight loss, may be treated by the physician at home with rest and medication, which may include a sulfa drug (sulfasalazine), ...
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Answer: Ulcerative colitis should be thought of as an illness that affects the entire person -- a systemic illness -- and usually causes colon problems as its first symptom.
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COLITIS (Ulcerative Colitis)
SYMPTOMS"Bloody diarrhea, bloody mucous, gas, pain, bloating, incomplete elimination of the bowels, weakness, weight loss, indigestion, headaches, and sometimes hard stools. Diverticula are often produced.
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Along with ulcerative colitis, a similar disease, Crohn disease is often called inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD. Ulcerative colitis attacks only the large intestine and does not affect the entire thickness of the bowel wall.
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Factors that increase a person's risk for developing colorectal cancer include a family history of the disease, a personal history of colon polyps or ulcerative colitis, or both.
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repifermin (keratinocyte growth factor-2 [KGF-2]) Investigational drug with possible applications in the treatment of chronic skin ulcers and skin injuries, ulcerative colitis, and internal wounds resulting from mucositis.
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Includes descriptions of Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, intestinal ulcers, gastrointestinal bleeding, intestinal strictures, intestinal fistulas, fissures, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, colon cancer, polyps, and toxic megacolon; ...
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Risk factors for rectal cancer include heredity (family history), colorectal polyps, and long-standing ulcerative colitis. Most cancers of the rectum, like those in colon, develop from polyps. Polyp removal can thus prevent rectal cancer.
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Toxic megacolon is a life-threatening complication of other intestinal conditions, characterized by a very dilated colon, abdominal distention, and sometimes fever, abdominal pain, or shock.
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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) refers to two disorders ' Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis ' marked by inflammation of the intestinal tract.
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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
Crohn's disease
Ulcerative colitis
Anorectal abscess
Infectious colitis (infection of the colon)
Colorectal cancer or tumors
Radiation proctitis or colitis (inflammation of the colon or rectum from radiation) ...
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i. Autoimmune mechanism in Ulcerative Colitis- We have identified human tropomyosin isoform 5 and a colon epithelial protein as potential autoantigen complex .
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Crohn's disease (pain in the right side) or ulcerative colitis (with pain in the left side). Dysentery is also a possibility.
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These medicines are used to control bowel inflammation in conditions such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. This article profiles the medication and its side effects.
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Sulfa drugs are now used primarily in the treatment of urinary tract infections and ulcerative colitis. In the HIV area, the sulfa drug sulfadiazine is used in combination with pyrimethamine as standard therapy for toxoplasmosis.
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In some cases, the inflammation is accompanied by ulceration of parts of the membraneous tissue in the colon as well (known as 'ulcerative colitis'). In this instance, there is often blood found in the stools.
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COLECTOMY - The surgical removal of the colon, or part of the colon (partial colectomy, hemi-colectomy). This procedure is indicated in refractory diverticulitis, ulcerative colitis, intestinal obstruction, and colon cancer.
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Factors that increase a person's risk for an abscess include:
chronic constipation
diabetes
inflammatory bowel diseases, including Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis
immunodeficiency disorders, such as HIV
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