"a. how long UC patient can live? Do we have normal life expediency?"Studies show that people with IBD usually have the same life expectancy as people without IBD.
Here's a link to a long-term study and followup for UC patients.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov said...
BACKGROUND & AIMS:
A population-based cohort from Copenhagen County comprising 1160 patients diagnosed with ulcerative colitis between 1962 and 1987 was followed-up until 1997 to describe survival and cause-specific mortality.
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A significantly increased mortality from pulmonary embolism and pneumonia was found. Among women only, death from genitourinary tract diseases and suicide was significantly increased.
CONCLUSIONS:
Despite an overall normal life expectancy for patients with ulcerative colitis, patients >50 years of age and with extensive colitis at diagnosis had increased mortality within the first 2 years after diagnosis, owing to colitis-associated postoperative complications and comorbidity.
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/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14724807UC will not directly kill you with modern medical intervention (unless you decide to live on a desert island as a hermit). Some complications secondary to UC could get you/I at the very rare end of the spectrum (not majority but outlier cases). Pretty much you are talking increased risk from serious infections (pneumonia, systematic infections like sepsis related to intestinal-perforations and/or immunosuppression), and cardiovascular things like clotting pulmonary embolism, DVT etc. We're higher risk of clotting with/without medications and it is a good thing to be aware of and when it most applies (when we're flaring badly and mostly immobile).
"b. Does UC medicines effect on sperm count i.e. hamper child birth?"For males there is little concern with fertility and the ability to bear children as a UC patient.
oxfordjournals.org said...
2. Fertility
2.1. Influence of disease activity on fertility in females and males
ECCO Statement 2A
There is no evidence that ulcerative colitis or inactive Crohn’s disease affect fertility [EL3]. High levels of voluntary childlessness in women with Inflammatory bowel disease indicate the need for better education [EL4]
Patients with quiescent Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are as fertile as the general population.3,4
Patients with IBD have fewer children than the general population, but this is related to voluntary childlessness.4,5
Patient’s choice is reported to be the main reason for voluntary childlessness6 ; patient’s knowledge of pregnancy in IBD is often poor,7 which in itself is associated with negative views.8 Many women with IBD choose to stay childless voluntarily and this exceeds the number of those experiencing fertility issues, as also demonstrated in a recent meta-analysis.12,13
2.2. Influence of medication on fertility and conception
ECCO Statement 2B
There is no evidence that medication affects fertility in females [EL4]. In males sulphasalazine causes reversible oligospermia [EL3]
There are no data reporting the effects of medication on female fertility. In men, sulfasalazine therapy causes a reversible decrease in sperm motility and count.
The effect is dose related and it is unaffected by supplemental folic acid.14–17 Azathioprine (AZA) did not influence sperm quality in 18 male IBD patients who used AZA for at least 3 months.18 In addition, no effect was seen on the outcomes of pregnancies fathered by IBD patients on thiopurines.19 Methotrexate (MTX) produces oligospermia, this will improve within a few months after stopping the drug.20 MTX is however contraindicated for men aiming to father a child. Infliximab (IFX) seems to affect semen quality by reducing motility in a small group of patients; however data are contradictory as sperm concentration increased after infusion.21,22 Furthermore, men with spondylarthropathies tended to have better sperm qualities when receiving anti-TNF therapy.23 The outcome of 10 pregnancies indirectly exposed to IFX through the male partner resulted in nine live births, one miscarriage, and no congenital malformations were reported.22 2.3.
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ecco-jcc.oxfordjournals.org/content/eccojc/9/2/107.full.pdf "c. Are research going on by scientist for exact medicine so that UC goes away forever? do we have hope?" There's always new research going on. We do not fully understand the cause, and cure of UC. learning more every day. Promising directions but nothing is certain as of yet.