Proctosigmoiditis is a form of left-sided ulcerative colitis that affects the rectum and sigmoid colon rather than a larger area of the colon. It usually causes diarrhea. Proctosigmoiditis affects ...

The first time Dr. Fajgenbaum repurposed a drug, it was in an attempt to save his own life. At 25, while in medical school, ...

A CT scan confirmed Phoebe had suffered a stroke and she spent four days being tube-fed and bedridden. Tests later revealed the stroke had been caused by her autoimmune condition, ulcerative colitis.

However it was a stroke - and may have been due to her condition as well as the pill. At just age 21, Phoebe O’Shaughnessy, ...

A young woman had to relearn how to walk and talk after what she initially believed was a severe headache turned out to be a stroke - potentially linked to both her condition and the pill. At just 21 ...

Doctors at Maidstone Hospital in Kent found Phoebe O’Shaughnessy's extreme symptoms were caused by an autoimmune condition manifesting on the opposite end of her body ...

In a remarkable medical achievement, an eight-year-old boy suffering from hydronephrosis underwent a successful robotic surgery.

But this type of ulcerative colitis can move up into other parts of the large intestine or down into the anus and surrounding area. Pain on the left side of the abdomen, in both upper and lower ...

It wasn’t until a life-threatening emergency in 2023 that she was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis (UC), a form ... In August 2023, a flare-up left Michelle bedridden for 10 days, unable ...