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The Truth About Hemorrhoids.

Slideshow: Hemorrhoids Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment

A Visual Guide to Inflammatory Bowel Disease, via WebMD

Slideshow: A Visual Guide to IBD Pictures help explain Crohn's and ulcerative colitis, including the symptoms, causes, testing, treatments, and home care needed to manage these types of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Ulcerative Colitis (UC) is a chronic lifelong condition which is part of a group of conditions known as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It causes inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract (gut). This inflammation occurs in the colon (large intestine) and re**um. Small ulcers can develop on the colon's lining which produce pus, mucus and bleeding.