[Clinical aspects of ulcerative colitis with special reference to symptoms, signs and laboratory data]

Clinical aspects of 48 definite ulcerative colitis patients were investigated and compared to those with domestic and foreign reported cases. The disease was frequent in adults of 20-30 years of age. Bloody stool, diarrhea and abdominal pain were the major symptoms associated with slight anemia and signs and laboratory data of inflammation. Stresses seemed to evoke the onset of the disease. Persistent and watery diarrhea may indicate the diseased area of large intestine. Fever, high c-reactive protein value and the degree of abdominal pain was reflected by the severity of the disease.