Why Do People Get a Colonoscopy for Ulcerative Colitis? Ulcerative colitis is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that causes inflammation and sores to form in the large intestine and rectum. It ...

Clostridium difficile infections elevate the risks for colectomy, mortality and postoperative complications after a colectomy for patients with ulcerative colitis, according to NEJM Journal Watch.

These toxins damage the lining of the colon and can cause a significant infection. Even a short course of antibiotics may lead to a C. diff infection, especially in people with weakened immune systems ...

SAN DIEGO -- Administering fecal microbiota via colonoscopy instead of rectally prevented recurrence of Clostridium difficile (C. diff) for up to 2 months with no major safety signals, according to a ...

An inflammation of the colon associated with C. difficile — C. difficile colitis — has increased nearly 50 percent from 2001-2005 to 2006-2010, according to a study in the Journal of the American ...

Colonoscopy vs. Sigmoidoscopy: What’s the Difference? If your doctor wants to check the health of your colon — whether as part of a routine screening or to investigate a concern — they may recommend a ...

Unfortunately the cause of ulcerative colitis is unknown, although both genetic and the environmental causes have been proposed. Most patients with ulcerative colitis do not have anyone else in the ...

SCREENING ARE KEY. TWO DECADES AGO, JENNIFER MEDINA, NOW 46 YEARS OLD, NOTICED SOMETHING WITH HER BODY WAS OFF. I WAS ORIGINALLY DIAGNOSED WITH ULCERATIVE COLITIS IN 2006, SO 20 YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS ...

IN THIS MORNING’S WOMAN’S DOCTOR, EXPERTS SAY PEOPLE WITH ULCERATIVE COLITIS HAVE A SLIGHTLY HIGHER RISK OF COLON CANCER. BUT WHY IS THAT? DOCTOR RAYMOND CROSS FROM MERCY MEDICAL CENTER JOINS US NOW ...