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Health Encyclopedia: Ulcerative Colitis Symptoms
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Symptoms
The two major inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, share certain characteristics:
- Symptoms usually appear in young adults.
- Symptoms can develop gradually or have a sudden onset.
- Both are chronic. In either disease, symptoms may flare up (relapse) after symptom-free periods (remission) or symptoms may be continuous without treatment.
- Symptoms can be mild or very severe and disabling.
- The severity of symptoms and relapse rates of both IBDs vary with season...
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