Colitis symptoms
The symptoms appear in episodes.
- Painful abdominal cramps, especially in the lower abdomen.
- Blood in the stool.
- A chronic diarrhea.
- The frequent bowel movements, even during the night.
- Weight loss due to reduced appetite and loss of calories in the intestine.
- Fatigue.
- In children, ulcerative colitis can hinder development.
Colitis symptoms - People at risk
- Some people are more at risk than others because of their genetic heritage. The whites are two to five times more affected by ulcerative colitis than blacks or Asians. The Jewish community (of Ashkenazi descent), meanwhile, is four to five times more affected by this disease than other populations.
- Up to 20% of people with ulcerative colitis have a relative affected by Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis, suggesting a genetic predisposition.
Colitis symptoms and risk factors
- The fact of living in an urban environment or in an industrialized country increases the risk of suffering from ulcerative colitis.
Functional bowel disorders refer to diarrhea, constipation or alternating of both, abdominal pain and bloating, and it has no organic cause.
- Physiology colic. The ileum chyme that flows into the colon is liquid and abundant. It contains less than 10% dry weight: electrolytes, bile pigments as bilirubin and a few tens of grams of organic, proteins, lipids. It is form of fatty acids and especially carbohydrates.
These are divided into three categories:
- Non-digestible (cereal fiber, indigestible cellulose, green vegetables and pulses;
- Cellulose digestible; can be attacked by bacterial enzymes;
- Crbohydrates who are not absorbed: low starch digestibility.
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