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My three year old Border Terrier has been diagnosed with colitis, she has been on the wd prescription diet and anti biotics for the past two weeks,…

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6 Responses to “Colitis”

  1. What is the difference between “colitis” and “ulcerative colitis”?
    I have been trying to find information on colitis and all that seems to come up is information on ulcerative colitis. What is the difference between these two? Are they the same? Also, if you know of any websites or resources that have to do with colitis please post them! Thanks.

  2. try this website http://www.nacc.org.uk its national association for crohns and colitis. crohns and colitis are the same but affect different parts of the bowel.
    References :
    daughter has had crohns 13 yrs

  3. Plain old colitis doesn’t cause bleeding; ulcerative colitis does.
    References :

  4. gangadharan_nair on February 8th, 2010 at 4:49 am

    Colitis means swelling (inflammation) of the colon viz., large intestine. It is a general term.
    CMV gastroenteritis/colitis is inflammation of the stomach or intestine due to infection with cytomegalovirus (CMV).
    Pseudomembranous colitis is infection of the large intestine (colon) with an overgrowth of Clostridium difficile bacteria.
    Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory and ulcerative disease arising in the colonic mucosa, characterized most often by bloody diarrhea. Extraintestinal symptoms, particularly arthritis, may occur. Long-term risk of colon cancer is high. Diagnosis is by colonoscopy. Treatment is with 5-aminosalicylic acid, corticosteroids, immunomodulators, anticytokines, antibiotics, and occasionally surgery.
    References :
    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001125.htm
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colitis
    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000667.htm
    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000259.htm
    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000250.htm
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulcerative_colitis
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulcerative_colitis

  5. check out http://www.ccfa.org that is the Crohn’s anf Colitis Foundation of America
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  6. I have the same problem and I think that the difference is whether or not there is bleeding with it also the frequency of the bowel movements. I go mostly at around 5:30am (ugh) no fun waking up from a sound sleep with the urge to go especially since I recently fell on my tail bone and I can’t move very fast. I would like to be in touch with you as we do have the same problem and we might be able to help each other with what we find out. My email address is meandmy2cats@gmail.com and I would like to hear from you. I am an 81 year old female trying to survive a 3 year loss of my husband and adjust to living alone for the first time in my life.

    Irene
    References :

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