Colitis

Colitis is an ongoing digestive disease. The main symptom of the disease is swelling of the colon. Other symptoms include: high amounts of pain, tenderness in the abdomen, depression, large amount of weight loss, fatigue, and other, more severe symptoms. Colitis is treated through the use of antibiotics if it is found early, or surgery if it is caught too late.

Related pages

• Crohn's disease

Other websites

• Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of Canada Archived 2007-01-11 at the Wayback Machine
• Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America Archived 2016-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
• The National Association for Colitis and Crohn’s Disease (UK) Archived 2018-12-15 at the Wayback Machine