Is ulcerative colitis serious

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A few days ago, I had a barbecue with my friends. When I came back, I started to have a stomachache, diarrhea and bleeding. I went to the hospital and said it was ulcerative colitis. I stayed in the hospital twice and had a water injection for almost a Saturday. Now I'm a little better. Let's talk about the severity of ulcerative colitis.

Is ulcerative colitis serious

First, ulcerative colitis is a chronic nonspecific inflammatory disease that mainly invades the colonic mucosa. It often starts from the left colon, and can gradually progress to the proximal colon or even the whole colon in a continuous manner. The severity of clinical symptoms is different, there can be remission and attack alternately, patients can only have colonic symptoms, can also be accompanied by systemic symptoms.

As the second layer of the gut becomes more and more inflamed, it loses its function. In turn, it leads to loose stools - in other words, diarrhea. Damaged intestinal mucosa can also cause mucinous stools. At the same time, the ulcer of mucous membrane layer can also cause bleeding, thus producing bloody stool.

Third: it can be a chronic process that lasts or alternates between active phase and remission phase. About 5% of the patients have a sudden onset. The disease develops rapidly, the symptoms of systemic poisoning are serious, the complications are common, and the mortality is high. The rest of the patients with remission after treatment entered the chronic process. In chronic cases, the disease may suddenly worsen.

matters needing attention

Most patients do not pay attention to colitis, and are not willing to actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment, leading to aggravation of the disease. In fact, colitis is a chronic disease, its serious consequence is the development of colon cancer, so patients should attach great importance to active treatment, so as not to be mistaken.