COMPARISON BETWEEN MUCOSAL

This study included 30 patients; 20 males and 10 females. Their ages ranged between 18 to 42 years, and they were divided into 3 groups according to history and clinical examination, group (I) included 15 patients with mild ulcerative colitis, group (II) included 10 patients with moderate U.C. and group (III) included 5 patients with severe U.C.They were subjected to full clinical examination, urine and stool analysis, complete blood picture, ESR, complete liver function tests, abdominal ultrasound, colonoscopic examination and histopathologic evaluation of the specimens.The following results were obtained:• Regarding subjective symptoms, bloody diarrhea was the commonest symptom found in all cases followed by abdominal pain in 66.6% of cases, while the least frequent symptoms were tenesmus and passage of mucopus only in 10% of patients.• According to clinical examination, loss of weight was the most common finding in 66.6% of cases followed by pallor which was noted in 60% of patients.• All the studied groups show pus and red blood cells in stool analysis.• There was significant drop in Hb% especially in moderate and severe cases while other elements of CBC show no significant change from normal ranges.• Erythrocyte sedimentation rate show a considerable elevation in both 1st and 2nd hours detected mainly in moderate and severe cases.• As regard liver functions, results for all patients show no change from normal values.