Treatments for Ulcerative Colitis
Ulcerative Colitis is in some cases fatal, and can cause life-threatening complications if not treated properly or at all. Ulcerative Colitis treatment options vary from drug therapies or surgery. The type of drugs that you would take for the therapy depends on your condition and how badly your colon is affected from the disease. The drugs possible to take for Ulcerative Colitis is Anti-Inflammatory, Immune system suppressors, Antibiotics, Pain relievers, Iron supplements, and Anti-Diarrhea. All of these drugs have side effects and down sides, but the drugs main objective is to reduce the symptoms of Ulcerative Colitis. A couple of possible side affects for the use of Ulcerative Colitis's drugs include nausea, headaches, vomiting, weight loss, and diarrhea.
If properly treated with medications some patients will go into remission, while other patients have occasional flare ups from Ulcerative Colitis. Children with Ulcerative Colitis generally receive the same type of drugs, but they are adjusted to the body weight of the child. Only a few types of drugs that children do not take is because they interfere with the development of certain tissues in the child.
As well there is alternative medicine that patients with Ulcerative Colitis can take if they prefer not to take those drugs and go through the side effects. Those options include herbal and nutritional supplements, probiotics, fish oil, aloe Vera, acupuncture, and turmeric. This is only a few other alternative treatments for patients that prefer to go natural, but if a patient is interested in learning more about natural treatments it is recommended to go and see a Naturopath .
In many cases drug therapy is not an option for patients with Ulcerative Colitis. The only other available option for treatment for Ulcerative Colitis is surgery. As well depending on the type of Ulcerative Colitis that you have, there are many different types of surgeries for the patient. Those surgeries are an colectomy (colon), total colectomy ( rectum+colon), proctectomy (rectum), and Sub total colectomy (remove colon expect the rectum. All of these surgeries involve removal of a part of your GI Tract. In most cases with surgery, there is an procedure called ileoanal anastmosis that eliminates the use of using a bag to collect stool. In ileoanal anastmosis your surgeon will construct a pouch from the end of the patients small intestine and it will then be attached directly to your anus. Thus, allowing you to expel waste relatively normally. Also in some cases this is not possible and will have to use a bag that was attached to your anus which the patient will expel stool into.
Patients with Ulcerative Colitis for more than 8 years also have a greater chance at receiving colon cancer. It is recommended that the patient gets cancer screenings regularly to prevent colon cancer and treat it as soon as possible if it appears in your colon.
If properly treated with medications some patients will go into remission, while other patients have occasional flare ups from Ulcerative Colitis. Children with Ulcerative Colitis generally receive the same type of drugs, but they are adjusted to the body weight of the child. Only a few types of drugs that children do not take is because they interfere with the development of certain tissues in the child.
As well there is alternative medicine that patients with Ulcerative Colitis can take if they prefer not to take those drugs and go through the side effects. Those options include herbal and nutritional supplements, probiotics, fish oil, aloe Vera, acupuncture, and turmeric. This is only a few other alternative treatments for patients that prefer to go natural, but if a patient is interested in learning more about natural treatments it is recommended to go and see a Naturopath .
In many cases drug therapy is not an option for patients with Ulcerative Colitis. The only other available option for treatment for Ulcerative Colitis is surgery. As well depending on the type of Ulcerative Colitis that you have, there are many different types of surgeries for the patient. Those surgeries are an colectomy (colon), total colectomy ( rectum+colon), proctectomy (rectum), and Sub total colectomy (remove colon expect the rectum. All of these surgeries involve removal of a part of your GI Tract. In most cases with surgery, there is an procedure called ileoanal anastmosis that eliminates the use of using a bag to collect stool. In ileoanal anastmosis your surgeon will construct a pouch from the end of the patients small intestine and it will then be attached directly to your anus. Thus, allowing you to expel waste relatively normally. Also in some cases this is not possible and will have to use a bag that was attached to your anus which the patient will expel stool into.
Patients with Ulcerative Colitis for more than 8 years also have a greater chance at receiving colon cancer. It is recommended that the patient gets cancer screenings regularly to prevent colon cancer and treat it as soon as possible if it appears in your colon.