Ulcerative Colitis - Causes, Symptoms, Complications and Treatment | Pace Hospitals

Ulcerative colitis is a chronic, or long lasting, disease that causes inflammation, irritation or swelling and sores called ulcers on the inner lining of the large intestine.

Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, called inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Crohn's disease and microscopic colitis are the other common IBDs. Ulcerative colitis most often begins gradually and can become worse over time. Symptoms can be mild to severe.

Ulcerative colitis can be treated with:
🔵 Medications
🔵 Surgery
Which treatment a person needs depends on the severity of the disease and the symptoms. Each person experiences ulcerative colitis differently, such as adjust treatments to improve the person's symptoms and induce, or bring about, remission.

🔵 Medications: While no medication cures ulcerative colitis, many can reduce symptoms. The goals of medication therapy are
✅ Inducing and maintaining remission
✅ Improving the person's quality of life
✅ Many people with ulcerative colitis require medication therapy indefinitely, unless they have their colon and rectum surgically removed.

🔵 Surgery: Some people will need surgery to treat their ulcerative colitis when they have:
✅ Colon cancer
✅ Dyspepsia, or precancerous cells in the colon
✅ Complications that are life threatening, such as mega-colon or bleeding
✅ No improvement in symptoms or condition despite treatment
✅ Continued dependency on steroids
✅ Side effects from medications that threaten their health
✅ Removal of the entire colon, including the rectum, "cures" ulcerative colitis. A surgeon can perform two different types of surgery to remove a patient's colon and treat ulcerative colitis:
1. proctocolectomy and ileostomy
2. proctocolectomy and ileoanal reservoir

Consult if you experience a persistent change in your bowel habits or if you have signs and symptoms such as:
✅ Abdominal pain
✅ Blood in your stool
✅ Ongoing diarrhea that doesn't respond to over-the-counter medications
✅ Diarrhea that awakens you from sleep
✅ An unexplained fever lasting more than a day or two
Although ulcerative colitis usually isn't fatal, it's a serious disease that, in some cases, may cause life-threatening complications.

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