Ulcerative Colitis

Key points

• Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a form of inflammatory bowel disease. Inflammation always starts at rectum (hence it is the most common site for UC), never spreads beyond ileocaecal valve and is continuous.
• bloody diarrhoea
• abdominal pain, particularly in the left lower quadrant
• extra-intestinal features (see below) Questions regarding the 'extra-intestinal' features of inflammatory bowel disease are common: Common to both Crohn's disease (CD) and Ulcerative colitis (UC) Notes Related to disease activity…
• red, raw mucosa, bleeds easily