Infliximab has been tried in patients with severe steroid-refractory ulcerative colitis. We report the successful use of this drug in the management of toxic megacolon in a 48-year-old woman not ...

BACKGROUND: Pseudomembranous colitis has increased in incidence and severity over the past 10 years. Toxic megacolon is a rare but reported presentation of severe pseudomembranous colitis.

Chronic inflammatory bowel conditions like ulcerative colitis become increasingly common throughout adulthood, but this condition is being noticed more often in the 60-and-older crowd. Research ...

Proctosigmoiditis is a form of left-sided ulcerative colitis that affects the rectum and sigmoid colon rather than a larger area of the colon. It usually causes diarrhea. Proctosigmoiditis affects ...

Yepuri, MD Ulcerative colitis (UC ... or have an emergency situation such as severe bleeding or toxic megacolon. The most ...

Ulcerative colitis is a type of chronic inflammatory bowel disease that causes painful ulcers and irritation in the large intestine. In North America alone, it is estimated to affect more than ...

Ulcerative Colitis companies are Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, EA Pharma, Kissei Pharma, Gilead ...

Intestinal atony in elderly or debilitated. Severe colitis. Myasthenia gravis. Megacolon. Toxic megacolon in ulcerative colitis. Obstructive uropathies. Unstable cardiovascular status in acute ...

You should also avoid over-the-counter medications for diarrhea if you have Crohn's or ulcerative colitis because they could cause toxic megacolon. Instead, you could resort to using plant-based ...

Intestinal atony in elderly or debilitated. Severe colitis. Myasthenia gravis. Megacolon. Toxic megacolon in ulcerative colitis. Obstructive uropathies. Unstable cardiovascular status in acute ...