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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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primarily manifesting as
diarrhea and
abdominal pain.
Unlike ulcerative colitis,
inflammation can
occur anywhere in the
gastrointestinal tract, though...
- of the
colon and
small intestine, with Crohn's
disease and
ulcerative colitis (UC)
being the prin****l types. Crohn's
disease affects the
small intestine...
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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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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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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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conditions that may
present similarly include celiac disease,
microscopic colitis,
inflammatory bowel disease, bile acid malabsorption, and
colon cancer...
