Ashwin Kumar

The exact cause of the condition is unknown, but researchers believe that there are a
number of factors involved. These are listed below.
1.Environmental causes:
Where, and how, we live also seems to play a role in the development of the condition. The evidence for this is that the condition is much more common in certain parts of the world - namely, urban areas in northern parts of Western Europe and America. A number of environmental factors have been suggested including diet, air pollution, cigarette smoke and hygiene. However, no factors have been positively identified.
2.Immune system:
Some researchers believe that a viral or bacterial infection triggers our body’s natural defence system against infection, the immune system. The immune system responds to the infection by causing the inflammation associated with ulcerative colitis, but for some reason, but the immune system does not ‘turn off’ once the infection has passed, and continues to cause inflammation.

TREATMENT COLITIS:
Once the diagnosis is confirmed, then be referred to a gastroenterologist (a doctor who specializes in conditions of the digestive system) so the severity of  condition be assessed, and a treatment plan drawn up.  The severity of the condition is judged using a number of factors, including:
how many times you are passing stools,whether those stools are bloody,whether  have symptoms of fever,how much control  have over the bladder, and  general well-being.Mild to moderate cases can be treated on an out-patient basis (meaning treatment can be carried out through a series of appointments at a hospital or clinic) or at home. More severe cases will require admission to hospital.
There are two types of treatment:
managing active ulcerative colitis - treating the symptoms until they go into remission,
andmaintaining remission - using treatment to prevent the return of symptoms.Managing active ulcerative colitis
There are three main types of medicines that are used to manage active ulcerative colitis
aminosalicylates, steroids and immunosuppressants.
1.Aminosalicylates
The first treatment option, for mild to moderate ulcerative colitis, is an aminosalicylate. Amniosalicylates help reduce inflammation. They can be taken: orally - as a tablettopically - as a cream rubbed into the affected area,as a suppository - a capsule that you insert into your rectum where it then dissolves, andthrough an enema -where fluid is pumped into your colon.

Colitis is a digestive disorder in which there is a chronic inflammation of the colon
(large intestine).  In ulcerative colitis, the entire colon is involved. When the entire colon is involved, the terms pancolitis or universal colitis are used.  It is a form of inflammatory bowel disease
and are similar.  Ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that causes chronic inflammation
of the digestive tract, is characterized by abdominal pain and diarrhea. Like Crohn’s disease,
another common IBD, ulcerative colitis can be debilitating and sometimes can lead to
life-threatening complications.

colitis symptoms:
The symptoms of the condition can vary, depending on how much of the colon is affected
and the level of inflammation. Common symptoms include  abdominal pain, and bloody diarrhoea with mucus. There may also be tiredness and fatigue, loss of appetite and weight loss,anaemia,fever, dehydration, weight-loss, and a constant desire to empty the bowels (known as tenesmus).Symptoms are often worse first thing in the morning.
Many people living with condition will have longs periods of months or years where they experience very few, or no, symptoms. However, in all cases, without treatment, symptoms will eventually return. No specific trigger that causes the return of symptoms has been identified, though it is
thought that stress may play a factor.