Colitis is swelling or inflammation of the large intestine (colon). Colitis may be acute and self-limited or long-term. It broadly fits into the category...
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Ulcerative colitis (UC) is one of the two types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), with the other type being Crohn's disease. It is a long-term condition...
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Ischemic colitis (also spelled ischaemic colitis) is a medical condition in which inflammation and injury of the large intestine result from inadequate...
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Microscopic colitis refers to two related medical conditions which cause diarrhea: collagenous colitis and lymphocytic colitis. Both conditions are characterized...
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Crohn's disease (redirect from Crohn's colitis)
primarily manifesting as diarrhea and abdominal pain. Unlike ulcerative colitis, inflammation can occur anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract, though...
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Inflammatory bowel disease (redirect from Indeterminate colitis)
of the colon and small intestine, with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis (UC) being the principal types. Crohn's disease affects the small intestine...
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Collagenous colitis is an inflammatory condition of the colon. Together with the related condition lymphocytic colitis, it is a subtype of microscopic colitis, which...
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Lymphocytic colitis is a subtype of microscopic colitis, a condition characterized by chronic non-bloody watery diarrhea. No definite cause has been determined...
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Clostridioides difficile infection (redirect from Clostridium Difficile Colitis)
osmotic, or watery, diarrhea. Complications may include pseudomembranous colitis, toxic megacolon, perforation of the colon, and sepsis. Clostridioides...
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enema or other procedure. Chemical colitis can resemble ulcerative colitis, infectious colitis and pseudomembranous colitis endoscopically.[citation needed]...
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medication developed by Takeda Oncology for the treatment of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. It binds to integrin α4β7 (LPAM-1, lymphocyte Peyer's...
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Blood in stool (section Colitis)
disease, or in the colon if a person has ulcerative colitis. Crohn's disease Ulcerative colitis Enteritis—inflammation of the small intestine, which...
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List of foundations in Canada (redirect from Crohn's and Colitis Canada)
of Lethbridge and Southwestern Alberta $26 million (2016) Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada $48 million David Suzuki Foundation $16 million (2014)...
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Cytomegalovirus colitis (CMV colitis) is an inflammation of the colon. The infection is spread by saliva, urine, respiratory droplets, sexual contact,...
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Segmental colitis associated with diverticulosis (SCAD) is a condition characterized by localized inflammation in the colon, which spares the rectum and...
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ulcerative colitis involves first treating the acute symptoms of the disease, then maintaining remission. Ulcerative colitis is a form of colitis, a disease...
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Lancet MMR autism fraud (redirect from Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children)
research paper titled "Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children" in The Lancet. The paper...
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Colitis X, equine colitis X or peracute toxemic colitis is a catchall term for various fatal forms of acute or peracute colitis found in horses, but particularly...
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Checkpoint inhibitor induced colitis is an inflammatory condition affecting the colon (colitis), which is caused by cancer immunotherapy (checkpoint inhibitor...
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Diversion colitis is an inflammation of the colon which can occur as a complication of ileostomy or colostomy, where symptoms may occur between one month...
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Radiation colitis is injury to the colon caused by radiation therapy. It is usually associated with treatment for prostate cancer or cervical cancer....
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Irritable bowel syndrome (redirect from Mucous colitis)
conditions that may present similarly include celiac disease, microscopic colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, bile acid malabsorption, and colon cancer...
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Crohn's & Colitis UK (formerly NACC) is a UK charity dedicated to Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and other forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)...
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symptomatic uncomplicated diverticular disease (SUDD), and segmental colitis associated with diverticulosis (SCAD). The most common symptoms across...
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Dextran sulphate sodium (section DSS-induced colitis)
research to induce colitis. Dextran polymer molecules with a molecular weight of 36–50 kDa are frequently used to this end. DSS-induced colitis is the most widely...
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usually a complication of inflammatory bowel disease, such as ulcerative colitis and, more rarely, Crohn's disease, and of some infections of the colon...
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and young adults, inflammatory bowel disease, particularly ulcerative colitis, is a serious cause of hematochezia that must be considered and excluded...
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Janssen Pharmaceuticals, for the treatment of Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, targeting both IL-12 and IL-23...
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The Crohn's & Colitis Foundation (The Foundation) is a volunteer fueled non-profit organization in the US that works to fund research to find cures for...
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Infliximab (section Ulcerative colitis)
number of autoimmune diseases. This includes Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis...
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