Colitis

Clinic

• Colitis is swelling or inflammation of colon
• Colitis may be acute and self-limited or long-term
• It is an entity

Signs / Symptoms

• Mild to severe abdominal pains and tenderness
• Persistent hemorrhagic diarrhea
• Pus in stools
• Fecal incontinence
• Flatulence
• Fatigue, loss of appetite and unexplained weight loss
• Signs seen on colonoscopy: Colonic mucosal erythema, Ulcerations and Hemorrhage

Types

• Autoimmune: IBD: Ulcerative colitis (UC), Crohn's disease (CD): MTB, CMV, HSV-1
• Microscopic colitis
• Lymphocytic colitis
• Collagenous colitis

• Infectious colitis
  • Clostridioides difficile colitis = C-diff colitis
  • Enterohemorrhagic colitis may be caused by Shiga toxin in Shigella dysenteriae
  • Parasitic infections, like those caused by Entamoeba histolytica

Banerji protocols
First line	Nat-s C200 one dose every week Nux-v C30 two doses daily Dysenteric stool + Abdominal gripe: Ip C30 one dose every 3 hour till relief
Second line	Aur C200 every third day KM 3X + MP 3X: Dry dose two doses daily KM 3X + MP 3X during acuteness one dose every 2 hour till relief
Third line	Psor C200 one dose every weak Cina 0 one dose daily