Inflammatory bowel disease found in children
Correct Answer: Ulcerative colitis
Description: .ULCERATIVE COLITIS * It is an inflammatory condition of rectum and colon of unknown aetiology perhaps related to stress, westernized diet, autoimmune factor, familial tendency, allergic factor. * Disease commonly stas in the rectum, spreads proximally to the colon and often into the ileum as back wash ileitis (5%). * More common in females (2:1), begins in 3rd decade. Watery diarrhoea, mucus or blood stained discharge per rectum. * Colicky pain, spasms. * Decreased appetite and loss of weight. * Relapses and remissions at regular intervals. ref:SRB&;s manual of surgery,ed 3,pg no 824
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