Ulcerative Colitis - Basics to Mastery

Ulcerative colitis is a lifelong inflammatory bowel disease that targets the inner lining of the colon and rectum, causing unpredictable cycles of flare and remission. This book walks you step by step from basic anatomy and immune mechanisms through real-world diagnosis, disease classification, and evidence-based treatment options, always keeping quality of life, mental health, and shared decision-making at the center.
Using clear language, practical diagrams, and memorable stories, it equips readers, families, and trainees to understand test results, medications, surgery, nutrition, and complications so they can participate confidently in care and navigate everyday decisions at home, work, school, pregnancy, and travel.? A structured path from first symptoms and red-flag signs to diagnosis, staging, and ongoing monitoring.? Side-by-side explanations for patients and trainees, linking lived experience with underlying science and guidelines.? Detailed walkthroughs of medication classes, how they work, expected timelines, side effects, and lab and colonoscopy follow-up.? Case-based chapters following diverse fictional patients making choices about work, relationships, fertility, surgery, and long-term planning.? Practical tools: flare action plans, questions for clinic visits, diet patterns to discuss with clinicians, journaling templates, and checklists.? Dedicated sections on mental health, fatigue, pain, extraintestinal symptoms, and building a sustainable, supportive self-care routine.