Gastrointestinal disease ulcerative colitis

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Use treatment of gastrointestinal disorders (ulcerative colitis, Crohn s disease)... 

Gastrointestinal system (inflammatory bowel disease [ulcerative colitis, Crohn s disease], peptic ulcer, pancreatitis, cholecystitis, hepatitis, choledocholithiasis)... 

Gastrointestinal disorders Decreased inflammation Crohn disease, ulcerative colitis... 

Comfrey has been used to treat respiratory problems (bronchitis, catarrh hemoptysis, pleurisy, whooping cough), gastrointestinal diseases (cholecystitis, colitis, dysentery, diarrhea, ulcers, hematemesis), metorrhagia, phlebitis, and tonsillitis. It is currently promoted for preventing kidney stones and for treating rheumatic and pulmonary disorders, and injuries such as bums and bruises. 

Inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis and Crohn s disease) is a general term for a group of chronic inflammatory disorders of unknown cause involving the gastrointestinal tract. Despite many attempts to confirm an infectious agent as the cause of disease, no bacterial. 

Inflammatory bowel disease is divided into two major gastrointestinal disorders ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn s disease. Both diseases are chronic and tend to be characterized by periods of exacerbations and remissions. Major differences between UC and Crohn s disease are differentiated by anatomic location and distribution. UC occurs in the colon and rectum, whereas Crohn s disease can occur throughout the gastrointestinal tract. UC tends to be continuous, diffuse, and mucosal Crohn s appears segmental, focal, and transmural. Fissures, strictures, abdominal masses, and pain are commonly associated with Crohn s. Classical symptoms of UC include chronic diarrhea with tenesmus, rectal bleeding, and abdominal pain. 

Crohn s disease (Ulcerative) colitis Intestinal ischaemia Intestinal tuberculosis Intestinal invagination Diverticulitis Post-radiation enteritis Adenocarcinoma Gastrointestinal stromal tumour Intestinal metastases Appendicitis Intramural haematoma... 

O Inflammatory bowel disease includes both ulcerative colitis and Crohn s disease and is associated with inflammation of various areas of the gastrointestinal tract. 

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) encompasses both Crohn s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). Both disorders are associated with inflammation of various regions within the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Differences exist between UC and CD with regard to the regions of the GI tract that may be affected as well as in the distribution and depth of inflammation. Some... 

Sulfasalazine (salicylazosulfapyridine) is widely used in ulcerative colitis, enteritis, and other inflammatory bowel disease (see Chapter 63 Drugs Used in the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Diseases). 

Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory disease of the lower gastrointestinal tract, which results in episodes of diarrhoea. There may also be extraintestinal symptoms, including anaemia, arthritis, dermatological problems and eye disorders. 

Although systemic absorption of the prednisolone from the enema probably does occur, especially when the colon is particularly inflamed, corticosteroids usually have less systemic effects when given this way. Furthermore, by giving an enema, the drug is being delivered directly to its site of action - remember that in ulcerative colitis the disease is confined to the lower gastrointestinal tract. 

Mild and transient gastrointestinal disorders, namely nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or anorexia, were observed in 30-40% of patients, and their severity is typically dose-related (20). Dryness or inflammation of the oropharynx, and moderate stomatitis were sometimes noted, but severe painful oral ulcers recurring after interferon alfa re-administration have been reported (241). More severe forms of digestive disease have been described in isolated case histories with microscopic colitis and the occurrence or the exacerbation of ulcerative colitis (SED-13, 1094) (SEDA-21, 372). 

Ulcerative colitis and other gastrointestinal GI diseases ° Mononucleosis ° A low-salt diet ° Impaired renal function... 

There are two forms of idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) (a) ulcerative colitis, a mucosal inflammatory condition confined to the rectum and colon and (b) Crohn s disease, a transmural inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract that can affect any part, from the mouth to the anus. The etiologies of both conditions are unknown, but they may have some common pathogenetic mechanisms. 

Jewell DP. Ulcerative colitis. In Feldman M, Scharcchmidt BF, Sleisenger MH, Klein S, eds. Sleisenger Fordtran s Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease, 6th ed. Orlando, FL, Saunders, 1998 1735—1761. 

Azathioprine is indicated in renal homotransplantation (five-year patient survival rate of 35%) in rheumatoid arthritis (for patients with severe, active, and erosive disease not responding to conventional therapies) and in chronic ulcerative colitis, myasthenia gravis, and Behcet s syndrome (adverse effects may offset its limited value). As with other cytotoxic drugs, azathioprine can affect rapidly growing cells, resulting in leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and gastrointestinal toxicity. In addition, hepatotoxicity (cholestasis) has been reported. Many of the general problems of immunosuppression, such as increased risk of infections, can also occur. 

The idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease includes ulcerative colitis and granulomatous disease of the gastrointestinal tract (Crohn s disease). The newer derivatives of 5-aminosalicylic acid, namely balsalazine, sulfasalazine, or olsalazine, may be effective for treating ulcerative colitis but not Crohn s disease. 

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