Chronic ulcerative colitis

Ulcerative colitis is a diffuse inflammation of the mucosa of the colon and rectum, with clinical features of unexplained, relapsing and remitting bloody diarrhea. It is difficult to imagine such a destructive disease without a definable etiology or a specific medical treatment. Although resection of all diseased colon and rectum can completely cure the disease, the price paid may be a permanent abdominal ileostomy for life.