What is the natural history of ischemic colitis? At least 80% of patientshave a favorable outcome with no longer-term sequelae. In many of thesepatients, symptoms resolve in 2-3 days and the colon ...

Dear Dr. Gott: I have been diagnosed with ischemic colitis. It comes on fast and without warning. I'm concerned about my diet. Dear Reader: Ischemic colitis is caused by an impaired flow of blood to ...

Ischemic colitis is kind of like a stroke or heart attack that affects your gut instead of the brain or heart, explains Arun Swaminath, MD, director of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program at Lenox ...

Ischemic injury to the bowel is a well known disease entity that has a wide spectrum of pathological and clinical findings. A sudden drop in the colonic blood supply is key to its development. However ...

IBD comprises two major disorders: ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. Ulcerative colitis is characterized by inflammation of the mucosal layer of the colon, which typically begins in the rectum ...

A 50-year-old male patient presented to an outpatient clinic in the spring of 2020 with fever and dyspnea; he told clinicians that the symptoms had persisted for the past 3 days. Physical examination ...

Not long ago, one of my elderly patients (who gave me permission to tell this story) began requiring blood transfusions for a condition known as ischemic colitis. Usually it occurs because there are ...