Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis; Update

Abstract

Ulcerative Colitis [UC] is a chronic debilitating inflammatory process that is usually confined to the mucosa and on occasions submucosa of the large bowel. It affects all age groups but is more common at 15-30 years and spares no sex. Typically the disease
has relapsing-remitting course. Bloody diarrhea forms the cardinal clinical hallmark symptom of the disease, whereas the histopathological hallmark of the disease is diffuse infiltration of
lamina propria with inflammatory cells, crypt abscesses and distortion of the mucosal architecture.

Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences Vol. 3 (2) 2008: pp. 153-166