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Ulcerative Colitis Symptoms

There are different types of Ulcerative Colitis and symptoms can vary slightly according to the location and the extent of the inflammation. The main types are:

• Ulcerative proctitis, which affect the rectum.

• Left-side Colitis, which affect the rectum and the left colon.

• Proctosigmoitidis, which affect the rectum and the short segment of the colon adjacent to the rectum.

• Universal Colitis, which affect the entire colon.

The main common symptoms of active disease are diarrhoea mixed with blood and mucus and anaemia. Other symptoms include:

• Abdominal pain, the intensity of which can vary from mild to severe

• Rectal pain

• Weight Loss

• Loss of appetite

• Rectal bleeding or blood on rectal examination

• Tenesmus, which is an ineffective and painful urge to empty the bowel

• Fever

• Dehydration

However, Ulcerative Colitis is a systemic disease and may affect other parts of the body. It can sometime cause arthritis and other extra-intestinal manifestations.

While the course of the disease is intermittent, the location of the inflammation tends to remain the same. Only about a 10% of the patients who suffer from a confined type of ulcerative colitis can later develop more extensive colitis.

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