Talk:Colitis

Fulminant colitis

There was an edit that said 5-15% of UC patients present with fulminant colitis. That is not correct. Only about 15% of all UC patients require hospitalization. About 15% of UC patients are severe colitis at presentation, and about 2-5% of those end up with a fulminant course. However, fulminant colitis is by itself a grave sign as the surgical incidence shows. S Holland MD Kd4ttc 22:32, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Αρχική - Ριζική: κόλον < αρχ. "το κάτω μέρος του εντέρου" Ετυμολογία: [λατ. colicus < αρχ. κωλικός]Απλά ομόρριζαΣύνθετα με ουσιαστικά, επίθετα, ρήματα κτλ. κολίτιδα < νεολατ. colitis κολικός < αγγλ. colic — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.170.148.42 (talk) 02:24, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

Verification

I reviewed the article. It is now correct. It is also short. Additional material welcome. Stephen Holland MD Kd4ttc 22:37, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Spastic Colon

Is this the same as irritable bowel syndrome?--Twintone 08:17, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

No, no it is not. They're often mistaken for each other though, by those not in the professional field.SonicNiGHT

I suggest that they are all variants of a similar cause, with slight variety in symptoms, much like a cold can have different symptoms.

Question is how many of these 'intestinal problems' are merely undetected infections as were ulcers ?

--Caesar J. B. Squitti  : Son of Maryann Rosso and Arthur Natale Squitti 03:52, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

This sentence makes NO sense

"This name causes confusion since colitis is not a feature of irritable bowel syndrome how does this come to a person and why Autistic enterocolitis is a disputed medical entity but refers to a type of colitis found in patients with autism.". WTF??? --bī-RŌ 23:01, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

As a person who had colitis...I lol'd. Is that even a sentance? SonicNiGHT

Rapid Weight Loss

Is that really a symptom? I mean, when I had colitis, I gained nearly 100 lbs, but I will admit that it is probably due to the steroids all my doctors were pumping into me :\ [[User:SonicNiGHT|SonicNiGHT]] (talk) 17:23, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

This refers to when Colitis is not treated. I went from 130 to 95 lbs before seeking help and medication. The medication did cause me to gain weight. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.178.59.143 (talk) 14:52, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

Yes, before I was diagnosed I quickly lost a dangerous amount of weight. Once I started my treatment the steroids made me pile the weight back on. I couldn't stop eating it was driving me mad. Although at least I had an appatite and wasn't throwing everything up like I was before hand. Bubble bunny (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 09:27, 5 December 2008 (UTC).

C.diff or antibiotic associated colitis

Should the article have more emphasis on C.diff colitis. It only seems to mention the severe form of C.diff colitis : pseudomembranous enterocoliti/colitis Rod57 (talk) 14:33, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Autoimmunity ?

Intro says "Colitis is one of a group of conditions which are inflammatory and auto-immune," which implies all colitis is auto-immune. Surely some is just caused by bacterial toxins. Rod57 (talk) 14:49, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Lead: Strong evidence to suggest that this is caused by an undetected parasite.

There is strong evidence that this and many other 'diseases' are caused by undetected infections, be they bacterial or parasitic.

News Med-Colitis

Google search for possible causes.

In particular research noted a increase in C. difficile as a cause for colitis.

--Caesar J. B. Squitti  : Son of Maryann Rosso and Arthur Natale Squitti 03:48, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Overhaul of the article

I am re-writing the article almost completely as it was factually not quite correct in the form I found it. I hope to turn the article into more of a disambiguation, as there are already long detailed articles on the topics of ischemic colitis, pseudomembranous colitis and inflammatory bowel disease. I'm planning to purge detail information that does not apply broadly to this group of medical conditions. Nephron  T|C 05:37, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

Can you explain the "Waste-basket" category? -- Timberframe (talk) 09:49, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

I re-wrote the section call wastebasket (see [1]). I was thinking of wastebasket diagnosis - though the description in that article isn't quite what I had the impression was a "wastebasket" diagnosis. Actually, wastebasket diagnosis probably needs some re-writing; it isn't exclusively psychiatric related diagnoses, e.g. PMID 18658072 ([2]). Atypical colitis, AFAIK, is a term used when it isn't possible to neatly slot a colitis into one of the accepted categories, i.e. the "atypical" type is a collection of waste that doesn't fix into one of the other categories. Nephron  T|C 04:18, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Colitis looks a lot like it belongs in Category:Symptoms or Category:Medical signs. --Una Smith (talk) 06:45, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Absolutely not. Colitis is not a symptom or a medical sign. Colitis is a medical condition like "pneumonia". Like a pneumonia, a colitis can be caused by various things. Like a pneumonia, a colitis is an inflammation... but instead of the lung (like in pneumonia)-- it is an inflammation of the colon. A symptom is an abnormality perceived by a patient. A medical sign is an objective (abnormal) medical finding. Nephron  T|C 04:17, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

An unusual treatment anecdote

A friend writes: "My older son has been suffering grievously from colitis since 2002. He's been to specialists, tried everything, it's been a nightmare. The cause is unknown, there is no cure, the prognosis is poor. But last year, though a support group, he heard of a miracle treatment, which he tried, and it worked. The bleeding stopped immediately, and he feels good, has gained back his weight, and looks healthy. I'll tell you that the magic drug is marijuana. Twice per week he smokes a joint or two. Ironically, since he spent a lot of his adolescence getting stoned, he doesn't want to be high nowadays (he can't drive, has small children to care for), so he lights up right before going to sleep. This has turned his life around completely, and for my part, I am convinced this is not a placebo effect." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Larrykoen (talk • contribs) 03:41, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

More Info

i do not think this section is at all complete. This needs more info and the information needs to be checked by a doctor. Some sentences don't even logically make sense. Please fix this.

Thanks, Dona — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.56.82.19 (talk) 00:30, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

What is the colon, exactly?

This is confusing.

The word 'colon' links to an article about the large intestine. But in this article, many diseases are listed which are not necessarily specific to the large intestine. In one case, actual specificity of the disease to the large intestine is mentioned; this is the only use of "large intestine" in the present article.

If this really concerns more than the colon, the link should probably go to gastrointestinal tract instead.

Either way, some explicit verbiage on the matter is to be desired. — MaxEnt 22:16, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

Causes of colitis: stress/depression related

Article fails to mention these common causes

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