A new treatment option for ulcerative colitis -- an antibody known as mirikizumab (Omvoh) -- is the first of its kind tested for this condition. Photo by unknownuserpanama/Pixabay People living with ...

Learn about common early signs of ulcerative colitis, including blood in stool, diarrhea, cramping, bloating, and bowel changes, for a prompt diagnosis and effective treatment.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) causes various gastrointestinal issues, including diarrhea, because inflammation causes damage to the mucus lining of the digestive tract. Symptoms and their severity ...

For over a decade, a UK mom experienced increasing diarrhea, bathroom urgency, and fatigue. She was finally diagnosed with microscopic colitis, which requires a biopsy of the colon, in 2022. The ...

Colitis and ulcerative colitis (UC) can look very similar because they share symptoms like abdominal pain, diarrhea, and bloody stool, and they both involve inflammation of the colon (the large ...

A 50-year-old male patient presented to an outpatient clinic in the spring of 2020 with fever and dyspnea; he told clinicians that the symptoms had persisted for the past 3 days. Physical examination ...

DOCTOR, IT’S NOT QUITE KNOWN WHAT CAUSES ULCERATIVE COLITIS, BUT IF YOU’RE A WOMAN OF CHILDBEARING AGE, YOU SHOULD ESPECIALLY KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THE SYMPTOMS AS 11 NEWS. ANCHOR LACEE GRIFFITH ...

Picture this common clinical scenario: A patient has chronic diarrhea, abdominal pain, and weight loss. Blood and stool tests point to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). But which one -- Crohn's ...

A 65-year-old woman presents for evaluation of a 6-month history of chronic diarrhea. She has generally been healthy throughout her life. The medical assistant (MA) checks her in and notes normal ...

People living with the pain, bloody diarrhea and sometimes urgent need to use the toilet that comes with ulcerative colitis may soon have a new treatment option that's already been given the go-ahead ...