Clinical approach to the features of the course of nonspecific ulcerative colitis

Abstract

Inflammatory bowel disease, which includes ulcerative colitis, remains one of the serious problems of the modern clinic of internal diseases. Inflammatory bowel disease is a systemic disease with an extremely diverse clinical picture of intestinal damage and a wide range of possible extraintestinal manifestations, which makes initial diagnosis extremely difficult. Often, intestinal symptoms of the disease may be absent or subclinical. This paper presents an overview of studies on extraintestinal complications. Extraintestinal lesions that occur in inflammatory bowel disease are very diverse. It is very important to remember that often extraintestinal lesions manifest earlier than intestinal symptoms. The correct interpretation of extraintestinal symptoms contributes to the diagnosis and the appointment of timely adequate therapy.