1 Food and digestive juices are passed and nutrients, salts, and water are absorbed in the intestines.
Ulcerative colitis is a disease of the large intestine.
There are about 250,000 American people who are diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. They are usually between the ages of fifteen and forty. Males and females are affected equally. 3 White Jews seem to have a higher incidence rate than anyone else. The mucosa or inner lining of the large intestine and rectum becomes inflamed.