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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...
- involvement,
initial symptoms can be more
subtle than
those of
ulcerative colitis.[citation needed]
People with Crohn's
disease experience chronic recurring...
- 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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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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Collagenous colitis is an
inflammatory condition of the colon.
Together with the
related condition lymphocytic colitis, it is a
subtype of
microscopic colitis, which...
- osmotic, or watery, diarrhea.
Complications may
include pseudomembranous colitis,
toxic megacolon,
perforation of the colon, and sepsis. Clostridioides...
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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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Chemical colitis is a type of
colitis, an
inflammation of the
large intestine or colon,
caused by the
introduction of
harsh chemicals to the
colon by an...
