Ischemic colitis

[bnorman123]

I was diagnosed with ischemic colitis 3 weeks ago and am wondering if it could come back again. I was in hospital for 8 days with the first 4 days passing only blood.

[willow24 Administrator]

Ischaemic colitis is usually caused by lack of blood supply to the bowels. Did they find the cause as to why it happened? to avoid re-occurrence it may be necessary to take medication called vasodilators to widen the arteries to the tissues that surround and serve blood and oxygen to the bowel.

[bnorman123 in reply to willow24]

Thanks the doctor didn't put me on anything. I was in hospital for 8 days and the doctor said everything was good. My family doctor was the one to tell me about the colitis. Now I don't know what to do