Hi doctor! Currently, someone in my family has ulcerative colitis for about 9 months and then went to the doctor and took medicine but the condition only partially improved. Currently taking both western medicine and drinking leaf juice because someone told me, but I still have bowel movements about 4-5 times a day and every time I go there is blood mucus. So the doctor asked me, my family members are being treated for ulcerative colitis but still have a lot of diarrhea with bloody mucus, how to treat it completely? Looking forward to your advice, thank you doctor!

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is the name for a group of diseases that cause inflammation of the bowel (observed red and swollen intestines). This inflammation is often persistent and recurrent. In the United States, more than 600,000 patients are diagnosed with some form of ulcerative colitis each year.

Patients with ulcerative colitis often present with abdominal cramps, diarrhea, weight loss, and intestinal bleeding. The two types of ulcerative colitis are Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. The following article deals with a credible study that evaluated the role of bifidobacteria in UC remission.

Abbreviations Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Ulcerative Colitis (UC) The exact role of thiopurines, azathioprine and 6-mercaptopurine in ulcerative colitis (UC) regimens has been debated. In particular, their use in UC remains controversial because the evidence lies in small clinical trials. In this article, we briefly review the evidence on the therapeutic efficacy of thiopurine.

Ulcerative colitis causes inflammation and sores in the lining of the colon and rectum. As the inflammation worsens, the cells lining the area die, leading to bleeding and infection. Therefore, timely and appropriate treatment is required.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic and idiopathic inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract that shows an episode of remission and recurrence. Ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) are the two main forms of inflammatory bowel disease. The number of IBD patients has increased rapidly in recent years and is increasingly prominent in Korea. However, many physicians still do not fully understand the clinical and endoscopic features of inflammatory bowel disease, so diagnosis is often delayed or inaccurate in many cases.

Hemorrhagic ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory disease causing continuous inflammation of the colonic mucosa with histopathological characteristic of granulomatous lesions.

Currently, there is no cure for this disease other than surgical removal of the colon. But some treatments and lifestyle changes can help ease symptoms. When receiving a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis, one of the hardest things to learn is that long-term medication and lifestyle changes may be needed to relieve ulcerative colitis.

While many people take probiotics to support their general digestive health, they are also used to treat certain intestinal problems such as gastroenteritis and a condition called pouchitis. But could these good bacteria also be used to treat ulcerative colitis (UC)?

Implementing and following the tips below will help patients with ulcerative colitis can be in remission and control of the condition. We can still eat well and lead a healthy life if we know how to build a scientific lifestyle that both treats diseases and improves health.

Ulcerative colitis does not manifest the same in every person. Its symptoms also do not stay the same over time. They may appear for a while, go into remission, and then recur again. Here are 8 reasons why your ulcerative colitis treatment may change over time