Treating Ulcerative Colitis

" Also to collide a chronic. Although there is no cure you are active treatment and even though we don't know what. We are very familiar when it. Treatment that usual thing. In. Control of you and me and actually allowing the whole and healed completely. We called that any permission and that's our first goal. Helical and when the only deal -- job and again he'll mark. But we know that treatment that implement and we'll come back. Our clinical treatment main. Mission. And prevent symptoms from common drug therapies are often does and based on the severity and extent of."

" I mean a -- lay up probably. Universally agreed upon -- the first. Line of therapy. Through person. Who has modeled. A moderate and these are medications that are taken by mouth. They have their actions. In the colon. They could be taken by rectum either buying. Small an amount of depository. And in the removal of action will be directed just in the rectum. Or they need most is still part of the colon. But -- very well tolerated form of therapy. With very very few side effects most people tolerate them very well."

" Prescribed slide -- illicitly or five days may include social scene. All -- and Sony and -- site article steroids are another option available to patients. -- like crichton is our methyl present -- alone are they're -- that we use when. The fighting there he has worked for went in our current something might work one of the nice things about Terrence is that they work quickly and we'll have an improvement in the -- and corporate crime. But we all -- there -- a lot of intolerable side effects steroids and -- them if we can -- We also know -- parents -- not -- remained. -- Side effects can include. Increased appetite weight gain difficulty sleeping I -- that steroids may I I and -- low. He can lead to a tendency towards diabetes. And long term can cause thinning of the bones called I pro -- cataract formation. These patients had not responded to fight your case ordered needed critical steroids to into remission. Doctors often prescribe an -- know much later."

" It is it certainty. Where six protect our puritan. And -- if I print. Are very important medications. That can be used to maintain remission. Intentions with -- it. They are not used to. That he's -- in quickly. Because it takes approximately. Two to three months. For those medications after effect but having gotten that into well. You could then put a patient on these medications. If you anticipated that they were going to have significant and severe disease. And you wanted to maintain their health prolonged period of time."

" Patience on and you know much later should be closely monitored. Artistic and include a decrease in white blood cell counts an increased risk of construction insulation of the liver and pancreas and damage to bone marrow. -- And they're not -- are running in need to be in the hospital or approaching hospital. In that situation. And medication called Warren -- had been a factor in. Controlling the inclination. These are usually only used short term during the hospital has changed and and -- several months every actor. Patients -- trains transition. Toward therapy with either Iran or -- most likely born in tech alignment can have a lot of -- that require therapeutic monitoring recently of biological therapy goals in its and that has been approved for the treatment -- to collect these I lie there he. Are actually antibodies that have been created. A target to -- chemical in a nation. In the and and let -- add that chemical is out and that. Or tumors to grow. And to get that antibody into the sound it requires and intravenous infusion."

" It has the ability to take a patient who is sick with all of -- who had. Frequent exacerbate -- and infrequent remittance. Brought them troubling symptoms. Most of the time and put them into remission once they're put into remote and with this medication. It's used to maintain into remission. And it gives an in periodic."

" Come inside of -- and that includes fever joint pain swelling and infection. The drug also carries the risk of reactivating latent tuberculosis no matter which medication the patient is taking. It is important to stick to the treatment plan. We know that. Patience with all her -- who continue. And there are medications. One earned remission. Are much more likely to stay in remission. -- continue on those medications. And it will stay well. In contrast. In the aftermath and even deeper and coming Clara within a year. You're in and as an doctor may recommend surgery which require removing the entire large and test or called the majority patients of all of items can be treated dramatically dropped like. When he and will require an operational one of the common misperceptions about you is that you need to live in fear of relapse. Need to live -- active and that is not how we manage -- people need to talk to their doctor and need to be an agreement that are attractive. And when they're not expected to meet their -- he and other at her for another Indian. And need to be thinking about her tree because we want people to have a quality of life in the."