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Ulcerative colitis - Coggle Diagram
Ulcerative colitis
S&S
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complications
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toxic megacolon w/ systemic toxicity: fever tachycardia, elevated ESR
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treatment
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mild to moderate cases can sometimes be treated with dietary changes that further inflame the colon (lactose, caffeine, spicy foods, gas forming foods)
Risk factors
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antibiotic use, risk increases the more often they are taken
diagnosis
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confirmed via, sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, biopsies
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Cause
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due to inflammation lesions and ulceration occurs which leads to hemorrhages, pseudopolyps and crypt abscesses