Inflammatory diseases of the colon

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Symptoms of inflammatory diseases of the colon can be numerous and varied, ranging from the slight rectal bleeding of proctitis to the abdominal tenderness, bloody diarrhea, fever, dehydration, and orthostasis of fulminant colitis. The authors discuss how symptoms and other findings guide the diagnosis of ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, infectious colitis, colonic ischemia and vasculitis, and other types of colitis. They also summarize treatment methods.

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J. DeWayne Tooson

J. DeWayne Tooson, MD Gary W. Varilek, MD Dr Tooson (left) is a fellow in gastroenterology and Dr Varilek (right) is assistant professor, division of digestive diseases and nutrition, and director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington.

Gary W. Varilek

J. DeWayne Tooson, MD Gary W. Varilek, MD Dr Tooson (left) is a fellow in gastroenterology and Dr Varilek (right) is assistant professor, division of digestive diseases and nutrition, and director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington.