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Colitis is an irritation of the colon, which is also called the bowel or large intestine (in-tes-tin). The colon is a 5 to 6 foot long muscular tube inside your abdomen (belly) where stool is formed.
Colitis causes inflammation (redness, pain, and swelling) and ulcers (sores) in the top layers of the lining of the colon.
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| What
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Colitis is an inflammation of the large intestine that is caused by many different disease processes, including acute and chronic infections, primary inflammatory disorders (ulcerative colitis, Crohn's colitis, lymphocytic and collagenous colitis), lack of blood flow (ischemic colitis), and history of radiation to the large bowel.
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| What
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colitis ? |
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The inflammation kills cells lining the colon and causes the colon to empty often resulting in diarrhea. Ulcers are formed where the cells were killed. The ulcers bleed putting blood, pus, and mucous into your stool. You may also have one or more of the following signs and symptoms.
- Abdominal pain or bloating.
- Chills.
- Fatigue .
- Fever.
- Increased gas.
- Loss of weight .
- Loss of appetite .
- Nausea.
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| Diagnosis
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The tests include:
1.Abdominal X-rays.
2.Abdominal Ultrasound.
3.Barium Enema.
4.Blood Tests.
5.Colonoscopy .
6.Sigmoidoscopy .
7.Stool Tests.
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| How
is
colitis cured? |
You
can use the these herbs (Click
here) as per the described procedure to get relief from
colitis
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| What
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Colitis may result in bleeding, ulceration, perforation (a hole in the colon), or toxic megacolon.
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