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The following discussion is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat

any disease. Please do not apply any of this information

without first speaking with your doctor. Now, let's head to the show. Hey everyone, as you probably know,

your gut has far-reaching impacts on your health, not only impacting gut symptoms, but also your

skin, your brain, your joints.

And colitis is one type of gut problem that occurs in about 1% of the population.

It is an inflammatory and autoimmune process that does damage this very important

absorptive lining of your intestinal tract.

Let's discuss what causes colitis, how to know if you

have colitis, and then if you do have colitis, what you can do to support that inflammation,

that autoimmunity, and reduce your symptoms. Colitis, aka ulcerative colitisitis is the most common type of what's known as inflammatory bowel disease.

This is where there's inflammation, autoimmunity, and this can eventually form damage or even ulcers

to that mucus membrane of your intestinal tract.

And how this tends to form is, firstly in the rectum,

and this would be known technically as proctitis,

and then in a continual fashion can migrate or progress to also include the left side of the colon, and then eventually,

if it gets quite severe, can impact the entire cold.

This is similar but different from another type of inflammatory bowel disease known as Crohn's,

and in Crohn's.

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