There are two main forms: Crohn s disease, which can affect the entire gastrointestinal tract, but is most common in the colon and terminal ileum; and ulcerative colitis, which is a mucosal ...

THE fact that extension of the inflammatory process to the terminal portion of the ileum occurs in patients with chronic ulcerative colitis is fairly well known, but it has not received sufficient ...

This type causes inflammation in the final section of your small intestine, known as the ileum, as well as in your colon (large intestine). The ileum absorbs water, carbohydrates, proteins ...