Jun 23 2008
Ulcerative Colitis
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.
