In Ulcerative Colitis, symptoms may vary according to severity of inflammation and the part of colon involved.
Commonly found symptoms of Ulcerative Colitis are -
Diarrhea- When disease extends beyond the rectum, blood mixed stool or grossly bloody diarrhea is noted. Diarrhea is often in night and/or after meals which makes the sufferer rush to the bathroom.
Bleeding from rectum- person usually passes fresh blood or blood-stained mucus, either mixed with stool or streaked onto the surface of a normal or hard stool.
Abdominal Pain- severe pain is not prominently felt unless person has severe disease. Person may experience vague lower abdominal discomfort or mild central abdominal cramping.
Passage of mucus
Pain and spasm in rectum
Other symptoms -
Urgency to have bowel movement with feeling of incomplete evacuation
Weight loss
Loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting
Fever
Anaemia
Ulcerative colitis also has various extra-colonic manifestations mainly in skin, eyes and joints —
