Saturday, January 3, 2009

What is Colitis?

It seems that the term Colitis or Crohns Disease is still a mystery to many people. So just what are these terms means?

You can find many different answers from various sources such as  books and the internet. The question is how accurate are these informations and are the sources reliable. In this article we try to shed some light on what is Colitis or Crohns Disease.

What Is Colitis In Non Medical Term?

Colitis is also known as Crohns Disease in medical term. It is one of the inflammatory bowel disease. It causes mild to severe ulcer on the lining of your bowel. If the disease reached a severe stages it could lead to bleeding and other problems.

The disease need to be treated at an early stages so as to avoid futher complications. It is also known in other terms such as regional enteritis, ileitis, colitis, or terminal ileitis. Together with ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease has no possible medical cure.

What Is Colitis And How Does It Affect Your Intestines?

What are the early symptoms of the disease? In the early stages of the disease, shallow crater-like ulcerations appear on the stomach. At this point you don't detect any problems at all except for some symptoms such as mild stomach pain which is normally tolerable. Some people could also experience diarrhea or other similar symptoms.

When the erosion of the bowel lining gets deeper and bigger,they could developed into full scale ulcers. When these ulcerated portions of the stomach puncture the bowels of the intestinal lining, it can cause bleeding and can lead to complications such as infection. The disease should be given an early attention in order to prevent from severe complications.  

What Is Colitis And The Treatment For The Disease?


The best thing to do about Crohn's disease is to rid yourself from further remissions and attacks. You can do this by complying with the treatment regimen provided by your doctors. You can also do some home remedies or alternative treatments. Of course, all these are discussed with your doctors first.

There are many ways to treat the Colitis Disease. Normally the main focus of the treatment is to concentrate on reducing or eliminating the bowel inflammation. Also to reduce the pain and other symptoms experience by the patient.

Colitis disease is normally genetically inherited so there is no possible cure to totally get rid of the disease. The treatment given is only to to cure the symptoms and reduce the pain. The best treatment fot Colitis Disease is to try to prevent and avoid further attacks. In order to do this you have to comply with the treatment regimen provided by your health care providers.

There are also home remedies and other herbal base medication that can be used as an alternatives treatment for the Colitis or Crohns disease. Consult with your doctors or health care professionals before starting any alternatives treatment on your own.

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