I am a 28 year old male who has been experiencing bloody diarrhea for the past few weeks. I went to my primary doctor who performed a flexible sigmoidoscopy and told me I had colitis. Am I destined to be on medication for life?

While you do have colitis, you need to be diagnosed as to which type. Hopefully your physician has set you up to see a gastroenterologist. First line treatment of colitis in a young male should include stool cultures to rule out an infectious cause. Types of infections...