How To Know If You Have Ulcers?
- Ulcerative Colitis
- What Is It? & Symptoms
- Diagnosis & Expected Duration
- Prevention & Treatment
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Prevention
There is no way to prevent ulcerative colitis. However, some people are able to decrease the frequency of symptoms by avoiding certain foods, such as spicy foods or milk products. If you have ulcerative colitis, you can decrease the toll the condition takes on your body by eating a well-balanced, nutritious diet. By storing up vitamins and nutrients, even between episodes with symptoms, you can decrease complications from malnutrition, such as weight loss or a low blood count.
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Common Ulcerative Colitis Questions Answered
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Peptic Ulcer
Source: Harvard Decision Guide
Prevention Because no one knows exactly how people become infected with H. pylori or why it causes ulcers, there is no way to prevent most cases of... Read more »
Q&A: Ulcerative colitis can be controlled in kids
A reader wants to know how her twelve-year-old granddaughter's ulcerative colitis diagnosis will affect her future. According to Dr. Paul Donohue,... Read more »
Ulcerative Colitis: Causes
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
CausesDoctors do not know the exact causes of inflammatory bowel disease. IBD appears to be due to an interaction of many complex factors including... Read more »
Peptic Ulcers: Complications
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Most people with severe ulcers experience significant pain and sleeplessness, which can have a dramatic and adverse impact on their quality of... Read more »
Peptic Ulcers: Risk Factors
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
About 10% of people in the U.S. are expected to develop peptic ulcers at some point in their lives. Peptic ulcer disease affects all age groups, but... Read more »
Five Tips for Coping with the Emotional Impact of Ulcerative Colitis
Be Prepared An Ulcerative Colitis flare is very difficult to predict and much of the unease that comes with the disease is not knowing when a flare will happen. A good way to alleviate this worry is to always be prepared for a UC flare. This...
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