Gastroenterology & Hepatology — Flashcards

Ulcerative colitis can present with the feeling of needing to pass bowels when they are empty (_____)

_____ is a relapsing-remitting inflammatory bowel disease that involves continuous superficial (intestinal mucosa) inflammation of the rectum and large bowel

Crohn disease is typically characterised by _____ lower quadrant pain/masses

Hint: left/right

What abdominal x-ray findings are associated with small bowel obstruction? _____

Patients with a perianal abcess may also have noticed _____

_____ is more common

Hint: Crohn's/UC

Triggers of ulcerative colitis: - Stress - Medications (_____, antibiotics) - Cessation of smoking

Symptoms of ulcerative colitis include: _____ urgency, episodic/chronic diarrhoea (+ blood and mucus); and crampy discomfort (not pain).

What is the management for maintaining remission in mild-to-moderate ulcerative colitis with extensive disease? _____

Crohn's disease most commonly affects the _____ but can occur anywhere between the mouth to anus