Doctors use tests such as an endoscopy and complete blood count to check for signs of remission in the gut.

A common vitamin may help calm gut inflammation in Crohn’s and colitis, reshaping how doctors approach treatment.

Treatment failure occurs when an ulcerative colitis medication isn’t helping symptoms. Most important, know that it’s not your fault. Learn what to do next.

In children hospitalised with acute severe ulcerative colitis on intravenous corticosteroids, intestinal ultrasound (IUS) parameters such as colonic wall thickness (CWT) were associated with ...

If you have ulcerative colitis, you might see blood and mucus in your poop when you have a flare-up. It shows up most often in very loose, watery stools. This bloody diarrhea tends to happen with ...

A new study indicates a common genetic variant may interact with gut bacteria to trigger chronic inflammation in ulcerative colitis. The findings may help explain why people experience the disease ...

Ulcers in the colon are usually due to a condition like inflammatory bowel disease or an infection. But some medications or procedures can also cause colon ulcers. A colon ulcer is an open sore that ...

Focal active colitis (FAC) is when a specific type of white blood cell enters tiny structures in the colon wall, causing inflammation. Various conditions can lead to FAC, such as Crohn’s disease.