It is possible to live a long life with colitis. Colitis is an inflammatory change in the colon that generally has no effect on a person’s life expectancy. Colitis is an inflammatory lesion of the colon caused by a variety of reasons. Symptoms such as mild to moderate abdominal pain, persistent diarrhea, and mucopurulent bloody stools are common. Classifications of colitis include infectious colitis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, and others. If you go to the hospital for timely treatment when suffering from colitis, it will not have any effect on the life expectancy of a person. It should be noted that if the treatment is not timely, or does not actively cooperate with the treatment, there is a risk that colitis will become cancerous and may develop into colon cancer, which will have a certain impact on the life expectancy of a person. Therefore, please patients with colitis must follow the doctor’s instructions for regular treatment, do not self-medication, so as not to delay the condition.