Colitis
Inflammation of the colonic mucosa
Aetiology
[edit | edit source]- Infection
- Bacterial
- Viral
- Parasitic
- STI
- Inflammatory
- Crohns
- UC
- Behcet's
- Diversion
- Ischaemia
- Microscopic colitis
- Collagenous vs lymphocytic - based on the presence or absence of a thickened sub-epithelial collagen band
- Common cause of chronic watery diarrhoea in the elderly
- Associated with autoimmune diseases
- Drugs
- NSAIDs
- PPIs
- Beta-blockers
- Statins
- Immunosuppressants
- Vasopressors
- Immune deficiency disorders
- TB
- Radiation
Presentation
[edit | edit source]- Pain
- Watery diarrhoea
- Fever/sepsis
- Urgency
- Blood
See also - topics
[edit | edit source]- Infective diarrhoea
- Crohn's and UC
- Toxic megacolon
- C diff
- Ischaemic colitis
- Radiation colitis