Medicine To Treat Ulcerative Colitis
- Ulcerative Colitis
- What Is It? & Symptoms
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New or changing symptoms often mean that additional treatment is needed to keep ulcerative colitis under control. For this reason, people who have ulcerative colitis should be in frequent contact with their physicians. Common symptoms that require a doctor's immediate attention are fever, which could indicate infection or a ruptured intestine, and heavy bleeding from the rectum. A serious, but uncommon, complication, called megacolon, results when the colon...
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From Our Experts
Ulcerative Colitis: A mother's perspective
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From Our Sources
Clinical trial: Using Remicade to treat pediatric ulcerative c...
This is a study to determine the safety and effectiveness of Remicade in children aged 6 years through 17 years who have ulcerative colitis. This... Read more »
Ulcerative Colitis: Medications
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
SurgeryProctocolectomy and Ileoanal AnastomosisProctocolectomy is removal of the entire colon, including the lower part of the rectum and the... Read more »
Ulcerative Colitis: Diagnosis
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
There is no definitive diagnostic test for ulcerative colitis, although findings on biopsy and barium x-rays, as well as appearance during endoscopy... Read more »
Ulcerative Colitis: Risk Factors
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
The two major inflammatory bowel diseases, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, share certain characteristics:Symptoms usually appear in young... Read more »
Six Treatment Options for Ulcerative Colitis
Drug Therapies Some cases of Ulcerative Colitis are treated with medications. The aim of drug therapies is to alleviate and resolve the symtpoms of UC by inducing remission of the diesease, prevent flare ups by maintaining remission. There...
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