Living With Ulcerative Colitis

In any single year about 20 percent of these people have moderate disease activity and 1 to 2 percent have severe.

Living with ulcerative colitis.

Take control of what you can. About 10 of people get better. Ulcerative colitis ul sur uh tiv koe lie tis is an inflammatory bowel disease ibd that causes long lasting inflammation and ulcers sores in your digestive tract. The gastro intestinal gi tract.

In addition body image can be affected by symptoms making people feel less interested in sex. Living with ulcerative colitis. Ulcerative colitis in their mid 30s although the disease can occur at any age. 5 ulcerative colitis is more common among caucasians but it can affect people of any racial or ethnic group.

Ulcerative colitis affects the innermost lining of your large intestine colon and rectum. 5 men are more likely than women to be diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in their 50s and 60s. For example the fear of incontinence having stomach pain or a fever or feeling tired can ruin a romantic evening. Living with uc could mean you often wonder when your next flare up might hit and what you re able to eat or many other worries that only someone with the disease can truly understand.

Ulcerative colitis uc affects about 900 000 people in the united states.