What is Colitis?

What is Colitis?

• Colitis: Inflammation of the colon.
• Colitis: An acute or chronic inflammation of the colon caused by viruses (e.g. cytomegalovirus), bacteria (e.g. ameba) or immunologic factors (inflammatory bowel disease which includes Crohn's colitis and ulcerative colitis). -- 2004
  Source - Diseases Database
• Colitis: inflammation of the colon.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Colitis: Introduction

Types of Colitis:

Types of Colitis:

Broader types of Colitis:

• Enteritis
• Bowel conditions
• Colon conditions
• Intestine conditions
• Abdominal conditions
• Digestive conditions
• Mucus membrane conditions
• Inflammatory conditions that may be pathogenic or non-pathogenic
• more types...»

How many people get Colitis?

Incidence (annual) of Colitis: 12 per 1000 (NHIS95: "enteritis or colitis")
Incidence Rate of Colitis: approx 1 in 83 or 1.20% or 3.3 million people in USA [about data]

Who gets Colitis?

Patient Profile for Colitis: Usually age 15-40; uncommon in children.

How serious is Colitis?

Complications of Colitis: see complications of Colitis

What causes Colitis?

Causes of Colitis: see causes of Colitis
Risk factors for Colitis: see risk factors for Colitis

What are the symptoms of Colitis?

Symptoms of Colitis: see symptoms of Colitis

Complications of Colitis: see complications of Colitis

Colitis: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Colitis.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Colitis.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Colitis: see treatments for Colitis
Research for Colitis: see research for Colitis

Society issues for Colitis

Hospitalization statistics for Colitis: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Colitis:

• 1.06% (134,983) of hospital episodes were for noninfective enteritis and colitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 84% of hospital consultations for noninfective enteritis and colitis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 44% of hospital episodes for noninfective enteritis and colitis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 56% of hospital episodes for noninfective enteritis and colitis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 54% of hospital admissions for noninfective enteritis and colitis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 6.5 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for noninfective enteritis and colitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• more statistics...»

Organs Affected by Colitis:

Organs and body systems related to Colitis include:

• Colon

Name and Aliases of Colitis

Main name of condition: Colitis

Inflammatory bowel disease
Source - WordNet 2.1

Colitis: Related Conditions

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Colitis:

• Allergic colitis
• Pseudomembranous colitis
• Infectious colitis
• Parasitic colitis
• Ischemic colitis
• Bowel perforation
• Sepsis
• Diarrhea
• Uveitis
• Erythema nodosum
• Cholangitis
• Hepatitis
• Arthritis
• Abdominal distention
• Emesis

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