Inflammatory Bowel Disease Overview
Ulcerative Colitis - Characterized by 4-20 bloody stools/day
- electrolyte loss
-cramping relieved by pooping
-rectum-originating inflammation
- complications like perforation and high cancer risk
What can be issues caused by ulcerative colitis? - -nutritional deficit
-hypoalbumineminia
-anemia
-malnutrition
-Weight loss
-may have systemic involvement
-arthritis
What does albumin measure? - nutrition in the body
How is ulcerative colitis characterized? - -genetic, dysfunction in autoimmune
-PEAK 15-35 and 50-70
-Hyperemia, edema, erythema of intestinal musoca
where does ulcerative colitis start? - rectum and moves up
What can ulcerative colitis lead to? - bleeding, perforation, necrosis, narrowing, obstruction, polyps,
toxic megacolon, hemorrhage, colon cnacer
what causes flare ups in ulcerative colitis? - stress
fatty foods
dairy
spicy
, infection
What part is affected by ulcertive colitis? - mucosa and sub mucosa
When the labs reflect elecytrolye loss what can be suggested? - from diarrhea
What labs will be high in ulcerative colitis? - ESR and C-reactive
Why is hemoglobin and hematocrit low in ulcerative colitis? - bleeding from bowels\WBC high
infection
What SS ulcerative coltis? - -weight loss
-malnutrition B12: deficiency
-bone demineralization
-fever
-rectal pain
-bloody stools
-abdominal pain
Continuous Colitis - Ulcerative colitis spreading from the rectum upwards
How is ulcerative colitis diagnosed? - colonoscopy
anually after 10 year history
CT- confirms
What test differs chrons from ulcerative colitis? - barium enema
Toxic Megacolon - A complication of ulcerative colitis involving severe inflammation and dilation of
the colon
Hypoalbuminemia - Low albumin levels in the blood, leading to nutritional deficits
Ulcerative Colitis - Characterized by 4-20 bloody stools/day
- electrolyte loss
-cramping relieved by pooping
-rectum-originating inflammation
- complications like perforation and high cancer risk
What can be issues caused by ulcerative colitis? - -nutritional deficit
-hypoalbumineminia
-anemia
-malnutrition
-Weight loss
-may have systemic involvement
-arthritis
What does albumin measure? - nutrition in the body
How is ulcerative colitis characterized? - -genetic, dysfunction in autoimmune
-PEAK 15-35 and 50-70
-Hyperemia, edema, erythema of intestinal musoca
where does ulcerative colitis start? - rectum and moves up
What can ulcerative colitis lead to? - bleeding, perforation, necrosis, narrowing, obstruction, polyps,
toxic megacolon, hemorrhage, colon cnacer
what causes flare ups in ulcerative colitis? - stress
fatty foods
dairy
spicy
, infection
What part is affected by ulcertive colitis? - mucosa and sub mucosa
When the labs reflect elecytrolye loss what can be suggested? - from diarrhea
What labs will be high in ulcerative colitis? - ESR and C-reactive
Why is hemoglobin and hematocrit low in ulcerative colitis? - bleeding from bowels\WBC high
infection
What SS ulcerative coltis? - -weight loss
-malnutrition B12: deficiency
-bone demineralization
-fever
-rectal pain
-bloody stools
-abdominal pain
Continuous Colitis - Ulcerative colitis spreading from the rectum upwards
How is ulcerative colitis diagnosed? - colonoscopy
anually after 10 year history
CT- confirms
What test differs chrons from ulcerative colitis? - barium enema
Toxic Megacolon - A complication of ulcerative colitis involving severe inflammation and dilation of
the colon
Hypoalbuminemia - Low albumin levels in the blood, leading to nutritional deficits
