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Also known as Ulcerative Colitis, Colitis Ulcerative, Ulcerative colitis, left-sided ulcerative colitis, UC, Colitis, Ulcerative

inflammatory bowel disease that causes ulcers in the colon

AI overview

Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory bowel disease in which the colon becomes inflamed and develops ulcers (open sores). It matters because it causes pain, digestive problems, and can significantly affect a person's quality of life and health.

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Key facts

Specialty: Gastroenterology
Symptoms: Abdominal pain , diarrhea mixed with blood , weight loss , fever , anemia , dehydration , loss of appetite, fatigue , sores on the skin, urgency to defecate, inability to defecate despite urgency, rectal pain
Complications: Megacolon , inflammation of the eye, joints, or liver, colon cancer
Usual onset: 15–30 years or >60 years
Duration: Long term
Causes: Unknown
Diagnostic method: Colonoscopy with tissue biopsies
Differential diagnosis: Dysentery , Crohn's disease , ischemic colitis
Treatment: Dietary changes, medication, surgery
Medication: Sulfasalazine , mesalazine , steroids , immunosuppressants such as azathioprine , biological therapy
Frequency: 2 – 299 per 100,000
Deaths: 47,400 together with Crohn's (2015)

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Research

71,051 papers

ULCERATIVE colitis.British medical journal · 1950
[EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ULCERATIVE COLITIS].Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej · 1963
Ulcerative colitis.The New England journal of medicine · 1954
Ulcerative colitis.The Medical journal of Australia · 1958
Ulcerative colitis.Canadian Medical Association journal · 1957

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