The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are not able to get rid of the problem. The people who suffer from ulcerative colon often have the same painful experience: the disease is difficult to heal, life is tormented, some people even suffer from the disease for more than ten years, but also can not get rid of the plague of this disease u small enteritis, why so difficult? A. Characteristics: alternating onset and remission Ulcerative colitis, simply put. It is a chronic non-specific inflammatory disease of the colon. The lumen of our colon is divided into four layers from inside to outside, the mucosal layer, submucosal layer, muscular layer and plasma layer, and the tiresome ulcerative colitis lesions mainly occur in the mucosal and submucosal layers of the colon. Patients mostly have intestinal symptoms, such as diarrhea, mucopurulent stools, abdominal pain and urgency, and some also have abdominal distension, poor appetite, nausea, vomiting, perianal abscess and anal fistula. In addition, about 10% of patients may have extra-intestinal symptoms, such as arthritis pain, recurrent oral ulcers, subcutaneous nodular erythema, cholangitis, chronic hepatitis, etc. Some patients with more severe disease may even develop systemic symptoms such as fever, rapid heart rate, wasting, and anemia. Ulcerative colitis is mostly seen in young adults, especially in patients between 20 and 40 years old, with alternating onset and remission, just like the human body alternates between work and rest, so. The Chinese medicine also called it “long dysentery” or “rest dysentery” Second, alert: the possible cancerous disease The cause of ulcerative colitis is not yet completely clear, most believe that the people with infection factors, genetic factors, autoimmune decline, mental stress and fatigue, cold, eating disorders It is often recurrent and difficult to heal, and is recognized as one of the difficult to treat diseases at home and abroad. It is worth mentioning that ulcerative colitis is one of the causes of colorectal cancer. According to research, the cancer rate of foreigners with a history of ulcerative colitis for more than 10 years is about 5% to 10%. In China, the rate is lower, about 1% to 3%. Therefore, early examination and timely treatment are very important. Among them, colonoscopy is recognized as the preferred method for diagnosing ulcerative colitis because of its obvious advantages such as safety and accuracy. Through colonoscopy, doctors can clearly understand the severity of inflammation and the extent of lesions in the colon, and rule out other major diseases such as colorectal cancer, and if necessary, biopsy can be performed under the microscope to confirm the diagnosis. Doctors can even treat large bleeding lesions with drugs or argon gas sprays under the microscope. 3. Tips: Chinese herbal enema with good effect Since this disease is so difficult to treat and may become cancerous, how should patients cope with it? In general, once ulcerative colitis is diagnosed, patients should be treated “early, aggressively and contractively”. According to the condition, on the basis of Chinese medicine and symptomatic treatment. The patient can use the appropriate choice of drugs such as salazosulfapyridine, mesalazine, Edisha, adrenal corticosteroids, etc. At present, it is found that the combination of Chinese and Western medicine, internal and external (retention of enema) treatment method, the efficacy is better. At the same time, in order to improve and consolidate the therapeutic effect. Patients should also pay attention to eating nutritious, fresh and easily digestible food, avoiding spicy, stimulating, cold or indigestible food, such as milk, bamboo shoots, kelp, cuttlefish, squid, pickled products (salted fish, sauerkraut), etc. It should also be emphasized that patients should maintain optimism, eliminate mental stress and participate in appropriate physical activities to improve their own immune level. These can help promote the early recovery of ulcerative colitis.