Clinical Differences and Treatment Options for Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’sDisease

Crohn’s disease affects the whole of the digestive tract, while ulcerative colitis only affects the large intestine. In addition, in Crohn’s disease, there are healthy regions between the areas with inflammation, while in ulcerative colitis, there are no healthy areas between the areas with inflammation(Lee et al., 2018). Finally, since Crohn’s disease has more effect on the whole of the digestive tract, patients experience some clinical problems not present in ulcerative colitis such as mouth sores, infections, anal tears, or narrowing. Moreover, megacolon is a common symptom in ulcerative colitis, while abscesses are common in Crohn’s disease (Lamb et al., 2019).