0 an illness in which parts of the bowels are inflamed (= red, painful and swollen) and can produce ulcers (= breaks in the skin, or on the surface of an organ inside the body, that do not heal naturally):
The study was performed in 47 women aged 44 to 67 years with ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease.
The main symptoms of ulcerative colitis are recurrent diarrhoea, abdominal pain, and needing to empty your bowels frequently.
Patients with chronic colon inflammation (such as ulcerative colitis) are more susceptible to colon cancer.
They are trying a new treatment for severe cases of the bowel disease ulcerative colitis.
