Different types of Colitis

I looked into whether Asacol would help someone with Colitis due to C.Diff and it said it would help. It won't cure the c.diff but it would lessen symptoms according to what I read.

I think this is what I read:
http://www.cdiffsupport.com/members/drbappch.htm

I also read that c.diff tests often give a false negative so you should test more than once. I wonder if I might have this but I doubt it. Maybe some day I will get insurance and I can find out what is going on. It would be terrible if I thought I had UC all this time and I had something cureable.

fruitgirl said...
IMO, "colitis" is just a generic term that means irritation/inflammation of the colon. There are many types of colitis (ulcerative, C. diff-associated, microscopic, etc). Yes, the symptoms are all relatively the same.

"Ulcerative colitis" is a SPECIFIC disease, and can be classified according to how much of the colon is involved (pancolitis, sigmoiditis, proctitis).

subdued, I don't think your statement that the treatments being the same regardless of the type of colitis is true. It wouldn't be appropirate to treat someone with C. diff-associated colitis with Asacol. People who have that need antibiotics such as Cipro to kill off the C. diff and allow the good bacteria to come back into balance.

I don't like the way the Wiki page is written, as it starts out describing "colitis" as being an IBD. Then later, it talks about types of colitis, and includes things like C. diff-associated colitis. Then it talks about treatment, and lists common treatments for ulcerative colitis. It's kind of misleading.

:)