Antibiotics can help treat certain types of colitis, such as infectious colitis. They may also help manage complications of other types of colitis. While more research is necessary, antibiotics may ...

Learn how prebiotics, or foods with compounds that support a healthy balance of gut bacteria (microbiome), may benefit people ...

For decades, scientists have puzzled over why smoking makes Crohn’s disease worse but seems to protect people from ulcerative colitis. Now, researchers at RIKEN have discovered that smoking creates ...

Most of us will need to take an antibiotic at one point or another. But if you have ulcerative colitis, you might have questions about when you’ll need the meds — and how they might affect you.

Ease the symptoms of a UC flare, such as diarrhea, abdominal pain, and fever using expert-backed tips, and learn when to seek immediate medical attention.

Focal active colitis (FAC) is when a specific type of white blood cell enters tiny structures in the colon wall, causing inflammation. Various conditions can lead to FAC, such as Crohn’s disease.

Researchers have identified a gut-genetic interaction that could trigger an overactive immune response in the colon — offering one possible explanation for the pain and bleeding of ulcerative colitis, ...

Microscopic colitis is colon inflammation that may give you chronic watery diarrhea. Changes to your diet, medications, or surgery might be possible treatments to consider. Microscopic colitis is an ...

Vedanta Biosciences’ dreams of using live bacteria to treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have been dashed. The Massachusetts-based microbiome outfit’s mixture of 16 bacterial strains failed to ...

What Is Proctitis and How Does It Compare to UC? Proctitis is inflammation of the rectum, the last part of the large intestine that connects the colon to the anus. Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a type of ...