Ulcerative Colitis Complications and Prognosis

Getting the right medical care is the key to preventing UC complications, including some that could be life-threatening.

What Is Toxic Megacolon?

Anyone can get toxic megacolon. But certain conditions, especially IBD, put you at a higher risk.

How Ulcerative Colitis Affects Your Colon Cancer Risk

People with UC are six times more likely to get some form of colorectal cancer. The main reason for this is inflammation.

Ulcerative Colitis and Your Eyes

When you’re living with ulcerative colitis, it can affect parts of your body beyond your colon. That includes your eyes.

Ulcerative Colitis and Pyoderma Gangrenosum: Are They Linked?

People with ulcerative colitis often have other problems caused by inflammation, one being pyoderma gangrenosum.

Ulcerative Colitis and Ankylosing Spondylitis: What's the Link?

Ulcerative colitis and ankylosing spondylitis are inflammatory diseases. UC inflames the intestine, and AS inflames the spine.

What Is Pouchitis?

The most common reason for a J-pouch operation, also called ileal pouch-anal anastomosis surgery, is ulcerative colitis.