Ulcerative Colitis _Causes, Risk Factors, Pathogenesis, Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis & Treatment

Inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic inflammatory condition, caused by an un regulated immune response to host intestinal micro flora. Two major entities of inflammatory bowel disease have been identified. Ulcerative colitis, which is limited to the colon & rectum. And Crohn’s disease, which can involve any segment of the gastro intestinal tract. Patients with inflammatory bowel disease are more prone to develop malignancies later in their lives. Ulcerative colitis patients tend to develop colon cancer; Whereas Crohn’s disease patients tend to develop cancer in the small intestine. So, in this video we are going to discuss about Ulcerative specifically. However, it is important to note that the pathogenesis of the two entities are much similar, and only the morphologic features, clinical presentation, and treatment may differ.

Chapters :-

Causes & pathogenesis
Morphologic features
Clinical presentation (signs & symptoms)
Diagnosis
Treatment

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