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There are far more possible—and precise—medications for the more than two million American adults and more than 100,000 children and adolescents with colitis or the other major form of IBD, Crohn’s disease.
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Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2025
But medical experts said colitis usually doesn’t cause death in young patients and was probably exacerbated by severe malnutrition.
—Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025
One study found that regularly drinking wheatgrass juice reduced the effects of colitis.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2025
Whereas colitis occurs in the lining of the colon, Crohn’s affects the entire GI tract.
—Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2025
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Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2025
But medical experts said colitis usually doesn’t cause death in young patients and was probably exacerbated by severe malnutrition.
—Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025
One study found that regularly drinking wheatgrass juice reduced the effects of colitis.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2025
Whereas colitis occurs in the lining of the colon, Crohn’s affects the entire GI tract.
—Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Colitis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colitis. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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colitis
noun
co·li·tis
kō-ˈlīt-əs, kə- 
: inflammation of the colon see ulcerative colitis
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