This page has moved. Click here to view. The initial diagnostic evaluation of chronic diarrhea includes stool cultures for enteric pathogens, tests for ova and parasites, Clostridium difficile toxin, and fecal leukocytes inflammatory bowel disease, inflamatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, Crohns disease, ulserative colitis. The pathogenesis remain unknown.
Inflammation is localized primarily in the mucosa.
The most common symptoms are abdominal pain, rectal bleeding, diarrhea, fever, and malaise. The incidence ranges from 4 to 15 cases per 100,000. Disease may present at any time but does so most often Extraintestinal manifestations Musculoskeletal. Arthritis is the most common extraintestinal manifestation of ulcerative colitis. It is migratory, often involving the hip, ankle, wrist, or elbow.