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What is an inflammatory disease of the colon with formation of ulcers and abscesses?
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Ulcerative colitis
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Can ulcers be in the small intestine?
Yes. Especially during inflammatory bowel diseases such as Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease.
What are the side effects associated with using turmeric?
Like other anti-inflammatory agents, turmeric has been found to contribute to the formation of stomach ulcers.
An example of a primary lesion?
A primary lesion includes abscesses, ulcers and tumors.
What diseases does goldenseal treat?
Gastrointestinal infections, respiratory infections, peptic ulcers, gum disease, vaginal infection, eczema, impetigo, conjunctivitis, ear infections, high blood pressure, pelvic inflammatory disease and more . . .
What is a double-contrast barium enema good for?
The double-contrast barium enema is the best method for detecting small tumors (such as polyps), early inflammatory disease, and bleeding caused by ulcers
What are the sign of colitis?
The inflammatory bowel disease Colitis can be recognized most commonly by intense pain in the abdomen followed by bloody diarrhea due to bleeding ulcers that interfere with food digestion.
Does Raynaud's disease cause ulcers?
In approximately 1% of cases of Raynaud's disease, deep sores (ulcers) may develop in the skin
Peptic ulcers are NOT associated with smokers?
Smoking does not cause ulcer formation, but it does cause gastritis, and does cause delayed healing of ulcers.
What causes a person to lose over a gallon of blood rectally?
Large volumes of blood loss can come from a variety of causes including colon infections, colon polyps and cancers, inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease), peptic ulcers or esopahgeal erosions. Rapid bloos loss usually implies a blood vessel has been breached, usually by a tumor or ulcer or due to the formation of a direct connection (a fistula).
What is the cause of helicobacter pylori disease?
There is no disease called as helicobacter disease. Helicobacter pylori infection is associated with peptic ulcers. Means both gastric or duodenal ulcers. This infection can be cured by course of antibiotics.
What causes colon ulcers?
The ulcers in the intestines can mostly seen in few important disease such as crohn's, ulcerative colitis, acid-peptic disease or zollinger ellison syndrome, colon cancer (less likely in your case). It is important to remember that acid-peptic disease induced ulcers or in zollinger ellison syndrome ulcers are mostly found in the small intestine.
What disease you may get when not wearing slippers or shoes?
One can get "Foot Ulcers", it is very painfull having these ulcers removed.
