Inflammatory bowel disease pain is the result of either ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease. Both conditions lead to abdominal pain that can be accompanied by diarrhea. However, the locations where ...

Diarrhea is one of the most common symptoms of ulcerative colitis. Sometimes it can be accompanied by blood and mucus. Treatments could help manage your symptoms. Ulcerative colitis (UC ...

Proctosigmoiditis is a form of left-sided ulcerative colitis that affects the rectum and sigmoid colon rather than a larger area of the colon. It usually causes diarrhea. Proctosigmoiditis affects ...

mayo.edu The Robarts Histopathology Index (RHI) is a recently validated instrument that measures histological disease activity in ulcerative colitis.1 Given the increasing importance and use of ...

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that causes ulcers to form in the lining of your colon and rectum. Research shows a link between UC and colorectal cancer.

Background The interleukin-22 cytokine (IL-22) has demonstrated efficacy in preclinical colitis models with non-immunosuppressive ... flexible sigmoidoscopies with biopsies were used to rule out ...

A new study suggests that infection with cytomegalovirus (CMV), a common virus that can be transmitted from mother to fetus before birth, may significantly worsen necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a ...

Microscopic colitis is an inflammatory bowel disease divided into two subtypes: collagenous colitis and lymphocytic colitis. With an increasing incidence of microscopic colitis exceeding those of ...

Gert De Hertogh, MD, Resident, Department of Morphology & Molecular Pathology ... disclose. CMV inclusion (marked by "X") in a biopsy from a patient with severely active ulcerative colitis ...

The endoscopic appearance of IBD is not specific enough to always permit differentiation of ulcerative colitis from Crohn's disease -- although there are some features that favor one diagnosis ...