Ulcerative Colitis is sometimes misdiagnosed as Colitis From Other Causes

It has been reported that some patients have been misdiagnosed with Colitis From Other Causes, when in fact the correct diagnosis in their specific case was Ulcerative Colitis.

Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory bowel disease that causes inflammation and ulcers of the colon and rectum. Symptoms include diarrhea with blood or pus, abdominal pain and cramping, rectal pain, inability to defecate, and weight loss. As inflammatory digestive conditions have similar presentations it can be easily misdiagnosed as Crohn’s disease, irritable bowel syndrome, colon infection and colitis from other causes. Without treatment it can lead to severe bleeding, a perforated colon, severe dehydration, bone loss and colon cancer.

Always consult your doctor or health professional, and do not self diagnose.

Symptoms can include:

Abdominal pain and cramping, fatigue, fever, diarrhea often with blood or pus, rectal pain, rectal bleeding , urgency to defecate, inability to defecate, weight loss, failure to grow

Symptoms are a guideline only and may apply to either the diagnosis or the reported misdiagnosis, or both. Consult your specialist for further information.

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