Ulcerative Colitis

Technical and common names

• Inflammitory or bowel disease (IBD)
• Crohns disease

Definition (IBD)

• Is an Inflamitory bowel disease that causes long lasting inflammation and ulcers (sores) in your digestive tract. Ulcerative colitis affects the innermost lining of your large intestine (colon) and rectum. Symptoms usually develop over time, rather than suddenly.

Definition (IBD)

• Is an Inflamitory bowel disease that causes long lasting inflammation and ulcers (sores) in your digestive tract. Ulcerative colitis affects the innermost lining of your large intestine (colon) and rectum. Symptoms usually develop over time, rather than suddenly.

MAJOR Symptoms

• Diarrhea, often with blood or pus. Abdominal pain and cramping. Rectal pain. Rectal bleeding — passing small amount of blood with stool. Urgency to defecate. Inability to defecate despite urgency. Weight loss. Fatigue.

History of (IBD)

• Ulcerative colitis was first described in 1875 by two English physicians, Wilks and Moxon, who distinguished it from diarrheal diseases caused by infectious agents.
• The exact cause of Crohn's disease remains unknown. Diet and stress were suspected, but now doctors realized that these factors may aggravate it, but don't cause Crohn's disease. A number of factors, such as heredity and a malfunctioning immune system, likely play a role in its development

Ways (IBD) affects the body part (1)

• Ulcerative colitis does not normally affect the small intestine. But it can affect the lower section of your small intestine called the ileum.
• Joint pain is the most common non-gut ailment for people with IBD. It can affect your large joints like your ankles, hips, or knees, or small ones like your fingers.
• Inflamed airways making hard to breath.

Ways (IBD) affects your body part (2)

• Inflamed liver
• Kidney stones
• Delayed growth or puberty in teens
• Anemia (low number of red blood cells)
• Woman are at greater risk of osteoporosis
• Makes bones weak and easier to break

How is (IBD) treated

• Medications (seriod, Anti inflammitroy)
• surgery in the...Colostomy, creation of an abdominal opening where stool can leave the body. IIeostomy, connecting the small intestine. Colectomy, removing all or part of colen. Proctocolectomy, removal of rectum and all colen (which are both parts of large intestine).
• Supporting care (iv fluids), Medical procedure (Enema)