Medicine To Treat Ulcerative Colitis

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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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Six Treatment Options for Ulcerative Colitis

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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...