Untreated bowel disease

[protitis]

I am worried because if i do have bowel disease, then all this waiting could cause it to spread? does it spread?

what happens if i leave it untreated? i have read that it can spread, is this really true?

 

[Clash]

Are you asking about specific forms of IBD? Here is some info on UC and CD

In ulcerativecolitis,only the colon is affected; of the multiplelayers of the intestinal wall,only the innermost lining of the colon,the mucosa, becomes inflamed in ulcerative colitis patients. Ulcerative colitis also spreads proximally,meaning it starts from the rectum and can spread continuously to the rest of the large intestine(colon).

Crohn’s disease,on the otherhand,may affect any part of the gastrointestinal (GI)tract,from the lips to the anus.Unlike ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s can skip large segments of bowel before reappearing in others.The areas most often affected,however,are the lower part of the small intestine(ileum)and the large intestine(colon). Also, in Crohn’s patients, the inflammation doesn’t stop at the mucosa (tissue lining)and may burrow through the thickness of the bowel wall.

Source

 

[Clash]

For proctitis:

Proctitis is an inflammation of the lining of the rectum, the end of the large intestine where stool passes through. It causes pain, soreness, bleeding, and a discharge of mucus or pus. It can also make you feel like you need to have a bowel movement all the time.

Proctitis can last a long (chronic) or a short (acute) amount of time. When the inflammation spreads beyond the rectum, the condition is often called proctocolitis.

Your doctor can usually treat proctitis successfully. Treatment depends on what's causing the inflammation. Sometimes proctitis can be treated the same way as inflammatory bowel disease, a condition where the lining of other parts of the digestive tract get inflamed.

Source

 

[Cross-stitch gal]

Yes, the inflammation can spread. But, once you get things under control the inflammation can go down. This is what's happened with me. The biggest part is to get you treated. All you can do is the best you can...

 

[protitis]

how do you know it can spread? please provide some evidence

 

[Clash]

If you click on the source link in the above post about proctitis, it will give you more info on how and why it spreads. Also a PubMed search will give you article and studies relating to proctitis and spreading of inflammation.

 

[Clash]

Also it would depend on the type of proctitis you are dealing with such as ulcerative proctitis as opposed to ischemic protitis, infectious proctitis etc.

 

[protitis]

Also it would depend on the type of proctitis you are dealing with such as ulcerative proctitis as opposed to ischemic protitis, infectious proctitis etc.

i am talking about protitis from IBD. I know it can spread and become worse, that is true for anyone. But the chance of it affecting the whole colon is 20% or so.

What i am asking is if it is untreated, where is the evidence it can spread?

does that not mean there is an urgency to diagnose the problem as soon as possible otherwise it will become a worse form of IBD? where is the evidence this is true?