Ulcerative colitis

Introduction: What is Ulcerative Colitis? Just from the name, you can guess that this disease concerns ulcers. But does this entail anything else? Let us find out in this article about the disease that still has its causes unverified by the world. Ulcerative Colitis (UC) is a disease/disorder of the Large intestine. It occurs in the colon and rectum areas only. When food passes through the Large Intestine, the body’s immune system may mistake the food materials, bacteria, etc as foreign invading

Ulcerative colitis, one of the two most chronic inflammatory bowel diseases that causes distresses to the digestive system. Not as severe as Crohn’s disease but similar, ulcerative colitis is the inflammation of the colon and rectum, which affects the inner lining of the intestinal wall. Due to the inflammation and irritation caused by colitis, it can result in ulcers being produced in the large intestine. Ulcerative colitis can affect both men and women; however, affects women slightly higher than

Ulcerative Colitis Have you ever heard about ulcerative colitis? For those that have not or might want to know a little more information regarding this disease here are in this essay you will learn the definition, risk factors, symptoms, if there is any treatment to cure and many more important details that many of us should take into consideration. Ulcerative colitis is a disease that causes inflammation and sores, called ulcers, in the lining of the rectum and colon, also known as the large

ULCERATIVE COLITIS : AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE Sneha Patel & Boskeyben Patel 1. Introduction 2. Causes 3. Mechanism 4. Sign & symptoms 5. Diagnosis & Risk factor 6. Treatment & medication 7. Conclusion INTRODUCTION: I What is ulcerative colitis? Ulcerative colitis is a chronic condition which is part of inflammatory bowel disease. It causes inflammation (swollen) in the GI tract. Usually swollen occurs in the large intestine (colon) and rectum. In this disease

Ulcerative Colitis Ulcerative Colitis (UC) is a chronic, idiopathic disease of recurring inflammation that affects mostly the colon. Similar to Chron’s disease (Chron’s), Ulcerative Colitis is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that is classified as auto immune. The difference between Chron’s and Ulcerative Colitis is the location of the inflammation. Inflammation occurs when the mucosal barrier is broken down in the intestine. Damage to the mucosal barrier and epithelial cells leads to an increase

Signs & Symptoms—Ulcerative Colitis Depending on the stage of disease, four and more bowel movements per day in stage one is frequently reported. Diarrhoea accompanied with rectal bleeding it may present during the moderate stage of the disease, with urgency to defecate, malnutrition, increased temperature, plus decreased haemoglobin and increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate, as per the Montreal classification. (Digestive Health Foundation, 2013). Signs & Symptoms—Crohn’s Disease The clinical

Ulcerative colitis is an inflammation of the digestive tract. There are four types of ulcerative colitis. Ranging from most severe to least severe Pan-ulcerative colitis, left sided colitis, Proctosigmoiditis, and ulcerative proctitis. Though the causes are unknown there are possibly three factors which may play a part in the disease. The immune system, basically the immune system is fighting itself and inflaming the GI tract, environmental triggers such as certain bacteria’s, viruses, and genetic

Introduction Acute severe ulcerative colitis (ASUC) is now primarily a colon threatening condition with intensive medical management reducing the mortality to 1-2 % in specialist centres.1 The colectomy rate has remained high at 20-40 % over the last 30 years despite significant advances in medical therapy.2 ASUC occurs in 19 % of patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) during their disease course but accounts for 75 % of hospitalizations. 3 In these patients 55 % are on treatment with oral corticosteroids

Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Ulcerative Colitis Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) refers to a variety of conditions in which a chronic immune response and inflammation occur throughout the gastrointestinal tract. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases are triggered by an abnormal response by the body’s immune system. In a normal functioning immune system, the cells protect the body from infection. However, in those who are suffering from IBD, the immune system mistakes bacteria, food, and other materials

disease and Ulcerative Colitis belong to the same disease category, inflammatory bowel disease. Both of the diseases share many of the alike symptoms. However, there are some essential differences. Ulcerative Colitis is limited to the big intestine (colon) and also the rectum. Inflammation takes place just on the surface layer of the intestinal lining. Normally, it begins in the rectum and then, in a constant way it expands up the colon. The benefit of medical management of Ulcerative Colitis is that