By: Dr Prateik Poddar Living with persistent digestive problems can be frightening, confusing and exhausting. Many patients ...

Picture this common clinical scenario: A patient has chronic diarrhea, abdominal pain, and weight loss. Blood and stool tests point to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). But which one -- Crohn's ...

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that causes inflammation in the large intestine (colon), and it can be difficult to differentiate early UC symptoms from those of other ...

WAS DIAGNOSED AFTER HAVING A BABY. AFTER HAVING A BABY, YOUR BODY CHANGES. BUT FOR ALISON MURDAUGH, SHE WENT TO THE DOCTOR AFTER REALIZING SOMETHING WASN’T QUITE RIGHT. SO THERE WAS SOME ABNORMAL ...

Saffron Cassaday had been coping with ulcerative colitis — a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) marked by painful inflammation and ulcers in the digestive tract — since she was diagnosed 15 ...

I first started having symptoms of ulcerative colitis when I was 18. I had just enlisted in the Air Force and was on assignment in South Korea when I started noticing changes in my body. I had bloody ...

Foul-smelling stool has a putrid and rotten odor. Usually, this smell is from foods that people eat. Sometimes though, foul-smelling stool can indicate health problem, such as an infection, an allergy ...

Stress and depression can contribute to conditions that cause bloody stool. It’s important to seek medical attention when you notice persistent blood in your stool. In today’s fast-paced world, stress ...

In patients with active ulcerative colitis (UC) who initiated vedolizumab, loss of vedolizumab in stool samples was noted in more than 75% of patients, with higher rates of drug loss seen in those ...

Dr. Emily W. Lopes: An 89-year-old man was evaluated at this hospital because of recurrent bloody stools. Two years before the current evaluation, the patient underwent repair of a right inguinal ...

Having all three of these symptoms at once narrows down the possible causes to just a few possibilities. When you’re not feeling well, there’s often more than one thing that’s bothering you. Many ...