Chronic Pain Today

 Evaluation and Diagnosis of Potential Research Subjects With Pain and Fatigue Syndromes

Eligibility

Criteria

• INCLUSION CRITERIA:

To be included, patients must meet all of the following:

• Are greater than or equal to 18 years of age;
• Have symptoms of pain and/or fatigue.

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

Patients with any one of the following will be excluded:

• Inability to provide informed consent for the study;
• Are unwilling or unable to cooperate with the study procedures or travel to NIH for the procedures.

For more info: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00677157?term=Pain%5BCONDITION%5D&recr=Open&rank=22

In Ulcerative Colitis, a part of inflammatory bowel disease, patients will have nonspecific inflammation to the lining of the colon.  Ulcerative colitis is only slightly more common than a diagnosis of Crohn’s disease.

Symptoms of Ulcerative Colitis tend to be bloody cramping diarrhea in the lower abdomen, fever, weight loss, and mild abdominal tenderness to the touch.

Ulcerative colitis can be diagnosed from an X-ray and an examination of the colon with fiber optics called a sigmoidoscopy.

As all inflammatory bowel disease sufferers, patients can be nutritionally deficient with Ulcerative colitis. Being on an elimination diet or a high fiber diet can help.