All patients with ulcerative colitis should discuss the timing and frequency of colonoscopy with their gastroenterologist. Most patients with ulcerative colitis will not require surgery. However, some ...

In these patients with steroid-refractory colitis, the choice is between rescue medical therapy with ciclosporin or infliximab, or surgery. Well-timed rescue medical therapy is generally safe when ...

Surgery to rectify the problem – which typically requires a stoma to be fitted – is also increasingly offered. Here’s what you need to know about the condition. Ulcerative colitis is an ...

Ciclosporin A (CyA) was the cornerstone of rescue medical therapy for steroid-refractory acute severe colitis until the ... most patients will opt for CyA over surgery more readily than their ...

Cancer Research UK says the new approach should mean fewer people with inflammatory bowel disease will need to undergo surgery or regular colonoscopies.

It also connected me to the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation's Team Challenge ... I haven't had any major IBD symptoms since my surgery. I do go to the bathroom frequently -- about six to eight ...

Ulcerative colitis meant Samantha Leckie needed surgery to create a stoma. Here, she shares how this journey helped her to love her body. I call myself a real-life Barbie. Not because I have ...