What is Colitis?
'''Colitis''' is an [[wikt:ongoing|ongoing]] [[digestion|digestive]] disease. The main [[symptom]] of the disease is swelling of the [[colon (anatomy)|colon]]. Other symptoms include: high amounts of pain, [[:en:wikt:tenderness|tenderness]] in the [[abdomen]], [[Depression (mood)|depression]], large amount of weight loss, [[fatigue]], and other, more [[wikt:severe|severe]] symptoms. Colitis is treated through the use of [[antibiotics]] if it is found early, or surgery if it is caught too late. ==Related pages== *[[Crohn's disease]] == Other websites == * [http://www.ccfc.ca Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of Canada] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070111212913/http://www.ccfc.ca/ |date=2007-01-11 }} * [http://www.ccfa.org Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727231231/http://www.ccfa.org/ |date=2016-07-27 }} * [http://www.nacc.org.uk The National Association for Colitis and Crohn’s Disease (UK)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215224246/http://www.nacc.org.uk/ |date=2018-12-15 }} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Diseases and disorders of the digestive system]]