Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease

While ulcerative colitis is only seen in the colon, Crohn's disease can affect any part of the body from the mouth to the anus. In Crohn's disease, there are healthy portions of the intestine interspersed between inflammatory regions. The colon is chronically inflamed with ulcerative colitis, on the other hand. Both of them suffer from an inflammatory bowel condition (IBD). Seminerio, an assistant professor and the center's director for inflammatory bowel disease at the University of South Florida, said. "When talking about ulcerative colitis, especially when you're in the mild to severe disease states, it's crucial to categorize whatever ulcerative colitis disease state you're dealing with using severity index scores and endoscopic scores.