What is the natural history of ischemic colitis? At least 80% of patientshave a favorable outcome with no longer-term sequelae. In many of thesepatients, symptoms resolve in 2-3 days and the colon ...

USA: An analysis of the Women's Health Initiative cohort found that low diastolic blood pressure in women was associated with ...

Ischemic colitis is kind of like a stroke or heart attack that affects your gut instead of the brain or heart, explains Arun Swaminath, MD, director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program at Lenox ...

Doctors usually prescribe antibiotics for certain types of colitis, such as ulcerative colitis and ischemic colitis. While antibiotics help with symptoms, there may be some adverse effects. Colitis ...

A wide range of etiologies and pathogenic mechanisms underlie colitis. This Review provides an overview of the pathophysiology, epidemiology, histopathology, and clinical characteristics of ...

Your belly hurts. The diarrhea keeps coming. And you certainly don’t feel like eating. These are telltale signs of colitis. But which kind? Colitis is a term used to describe inflammation in your ...

Ischemic injury to the bowel is a well known disease entity that has a wide spectrum of pathological and clinical findings. A sudden drop in the colonic blood supply is key to its development. However ...

April 29, 2004 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Novartis notified healthcare professionals on April 26 of revisions to the warnings and precautions sections of labeling for tegaserod ...

Focal active colitis (FAC) is when a specific type of white blood cell enters tiny structures in the colon wall, causing inflammation. Various conditions can lead to FAC, such as Crohn’s disease.