1) "Acute" -- As to acute colitis
acute
Pronunciation: &-'kyüt
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): acut·er; acut·est
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin acutus, past participle of acuere to sharpen, from acus needle; akin to Latin acer sharp -- more at EDGE
1 a (1) : characterized by sharpness or severity <acute pain> (2) : having a sudden onset, sharp rise, and short course <acute disease> (3) : being, providing, or requiring short-term medical care (as for serious illness or traumatic injury) <acute hospitals> <an acute patient> b : lasting a short time <acute experiments>
2 : ending in a sharp point: as a : being or forming an angle measuring less than 90 degrees <an acute angle> b : composed of acute angles <an acute triangle>
3 a of an accent mark : having the form ´ b : marked with an acute accent c : of the variety indicated by an acute accent
4 a : marked by keen discernment or intellectual perception especially of subtle distinctions : PENETRATING <an acute thinker> b : responsive to slight impressions or stimuli <acute hearing>
5 : felt, perceived, or experienced intensely <acute distress>
6 : seriously demanding urgent attention <an acute emergency>
- acute·ly adverb
- acute·ness noun
synonyms ACUTE, CRITICAL, CRUCIAL mean of uncertain outcome. ACUTE stresses intensification of conditions leading to a culmination or breaking point <an acute housing shortage>. CRITICAL adds to ACUTE implications of imminent change, of attendant suspense, and of decisiveness in the outcome <th

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2) "Colitis" -- As to acute colitis
co·li·tis
Pronunciation: kO-'lI-t&s, k&-
Function: noun
: inflammation of the colon
Pronunciation Symbols

Colitis
Classification & external resources
ICD-10 K50. - K52

ICD-9 558

OMIM 191390

DiseasesDB 31340

MedlinePlus 001125

eMedicine ped/435

MeSH C06.405.205.265

Colitis is a digestive disease characterized by inflammation of the colon.

1 Signs and symptoms

2 Types

3 Treatment

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Signs and symptoms of colitis include pain, tenderness in the abdomen, fever, swelling of the colon tissue, bleeding, erythema (redness) of the surface of the colon, rectal bleeding, and ulcerations of the colon. Tests that show these signs are plain X-rays of the colon, testing the stool for blood and pus, sigmoidoscopy, and colonoscopy. Additional tests include stool cultures and blood tests, and blood chemistry tests.

There are several types of colitis, including ulcerative colitis, Crohn's colitis, diversion colitis, ischemic colitis, infectious colitis, chemical colitis, microscopic colitis, and atypical colitis.

A well known subtype of infectious colitis is pseudomembranous colitis, resulting from infection by a toxigenic strain of Clostridium difficile. Parasitic infections can also cause colitis.

Any colitis which has a rapid downhill clinical course is known as fulminant colitis. In addition to the diarrhea, fever, and anemia seen in colitis, the patient has severe abdominal pain and a clinical picture similar to septicemia with shock is present. Approximately half of those patients require surgery.

Irritable bowel syndrome is a separate disease which has been called spastic colitis or spastic colon. This name ..."

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