Health Library
October 10, 2025
Question on this topic? Get an instant answer from August.
ʻO ka colitis ulcerative he maʻi mumū loloa o ka ʻōpū, kahi e hoʻoulu ai i ka mumū a me nā ʻōpala ma ka papa o kou ʻōpū nui (colon) a me ka rectum. ʻAʻole like me nā kūlana ʻē aʻe o ka ʻōnaehana digestive, ʻo kēia mumū ke noho nei ma ka papa o loko loa o ka paia o kou ʻōpū a hoʻomaka maʻamau i ka rectum, a laila e pālahalaha paha i luna ma o ka colon.
Hoʻopili kēia kūlana i kahi 1 i 250 mau kānaka a hiki ke ulu i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻoiai ka mea maʻamau loa ma waena o nā makahiki 15 a me 30. ʻOiai he kūlana ola lōʻihi ka colitis ulcerative, nui nā kānaka e loaʻa nā ala maikaʻi e hoʻokele ai i kā lākou mau hōʻailona a ola i nā ola piha a hana.
ʻO nā hōʻailona nui o ka colitis ulcerative e pili ana i nā loli i kāu mau neʻe ʻana o ka ʻōpū a me ka ʻeha o ka ʻōpū. Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke piʻi mai ka māmā a i ka nui a hiki ke hele mai a hele aku i nā flare-ups i hahai ʻia e nā manawa o ka remission.
Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau loa āu e ʻike ai:
Nui nā kānaka e ʻike pū i nā hōʻailona ma waho o kā lākou ʻōnaehana digestive. Hiki i kēia ke komo pū me ka ʻeha o nā hui, nā pilikia o ka ʻili, ka mumū o nā maka, a i ʻole nā ʻōpala o ka waha. Hoʻomaikaʻi pinepine kēia mau hōʻailona i ka wā e hoʻomalu maikaʻi ʻia ai kāu mumū intestinal.
Hiki i ka nui o nā hōʻailona ke ʻokoʻa loa mai ke kanaka a i ke kanaka. Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe nā hōʻailona māmā e pili iki i ko lākou ola i kēlā me kēia lā, ʻoiai kekahi poʻe e ʻike i nā flare-ups ikaika e pono ai ka nānā koke o nā kauka.
Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka colitis ulcerative ma muli o kahi o ka mumū ma kou kolona. Ke hoʻomaopopo ʻoe i kou ʻano kikoʻī, e kōkua ia i kāu kauka e koho i ke ala lapaʻau kūpono loa.
ʻO nā ʻano nui e komo pū ana:
Hiki ke loli kou ʻano i ka manawa. Hoʻomaka kekahi poʻe me ka proctitis a laila hoʻomohala i ka maʻi ākea aʻe, ʻoiai ke mālama nei kekahi i ka ʻano hoʻokahi i ko lākou kūlana.
ʻAʻole maopopo loa ke kumu o ka colitis ulcerative, akā manaʻo nā mea noiʻi ua hoʻomohala ʻia ia i ka wā e hoʻouka ai kou ʻōnaehana pale i ka ʻiʻo olakino ma kou kolona. Hana ʻia kēia ma muli o ka hui pū ʻana o nā kumu genetic, kaiapuni, a me ka ʻōnaehana pale e hana pū ana.
Hiki i kekahi mau kumu ke kōkua i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka colitis ulcerative:
ʻO ka mea kūʻē i nā manaʻo kahiko, ʻaʻole ka pilikia a me ka ʻai e hoʻoulu ai i ka colitis ulcerative, ʻoiai hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoulu i nā flare-ups i nā poʻe i loaʻa mua ka maʻi. ʻAʻole maʻi kēia maʻi a ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻoili ʻia mai ke kanaka a i ke kanaka.
Aia kekahi mau kumu kōkua maʻamau e noiʻi ana nā mea noiʻi, e like me kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau, nā maʻi ma mua, a me ka hōʻike ʻana i nā mea ʻino kūlohelohe kūikawā, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i hōʻoia piha kēia mau pilina.
Pono ʻoe e ʻike i ke kauka inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā loli mau i kou mau hana ʻōpū, ʻoi aku inā ʻike ʻoe i ke koko i kou pālolo a i ʻole he ʻeha ʻōpū mau. Hiki i ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia a hoʻomaikaʻi i kou ola.
E ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau inā loaʻa iā ʻoe:
Pono kekahi mau kūlana i ka mālama lapaʻau koke. E hele i ka lumi pilikia inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha ʻōpū nui, ka mahana kiʻekiʻe, ka wikiwiki o ka naʻau, nā hōʻailona o ka nele o ka wai, a i ʻole inā ke hele nei ʻoe i ka nui o ke koko.
ʻOiai inā he māmā kou mau hōʻailona, pono ke kūkākūkā ʻana me kāu kauka. He nui nā kānaka e kali lōʻihi loa e ʻimi i ke kōkua, kahi e alakaʻi ai i nā hōʻailona ʻoi aku ka nui a me nā pilikia ma hope.
ʻOiai hiki i kekahi ke loaʻa i ka ulcerative colitis, hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou manawa e loaʻa ai kēia kūlana. Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau kumu pilikia ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i nā hōʻailona i ka wā mua a ʻimi i ka mālama kūpono.
ʻO nā kumu pilikia nui e komo pū ana:
ʻO kekahi mau kumu pilikia liʻiliʻi e aʻo ʻia nei, ʻo ia nā lāʻau lapaʻau e like me nā NSAIDs (nā lāʻau anti-inflammatory non-steroidal), nā kumu hormonal, a me nā ʻano ʻai kikoʻī, ʻoiai ʻaʻole i hōʻoia ʻia kēia mau pilina.
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kumu pilikia ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo e loaʻa nō ʻoe i ka ulcerative colitis. He nui nā kānaka me nā kumu pilikia he nui ʻaʻole loaʻa iā lākou ka maʻi, ʻoiai kekahi poʻe ʻaʻohe kumu pilikia maopopo i loaʻa iā lākou.
ʻOiai ka nui o nā kānaka me ka ulcerative colitis e hoʻokele pono i ko lākou kūlana, he mea nui ia e hoʻomaopopo i nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa i hiki iā ʻoe ke hana pū me kāu hui olakino e pale aku iā lākou. Hiki ke pale ʻia nā pilikia he nui me ka mālama kūpono a me ka nānā.
ʻO nā pilikia maʻamau e komo pū ana:
ʻO nā pilikia koʻikoʻi, ʻoiai he kakaikahi, e pono ai ka nānā koke. Loaʻa kēia i ka toxic megacolon (ka pehu weliweli o ka colon), ka perforation bowel, a me ka nele wai nui e hiki ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia o ka puʻupaʻa.
I ka wā lōʻihi, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pilikia o ka maʻi kanesa colon i nā kānaka me ka ulcerative colitis nui, ʻoiai inā ua hana nui ka maʻi no nā makahiki he nui. Kūleʻa ka nānā colonoscopy maʻamau i ka ʻike ʻana i nā loli mua i ka wā maʻalahi loa ke mālama.
ʻAʻole maopopo ke ala e pale aku ai i ka ulcerative colitis, no ka mea, nui ka mana o nā kumu genetics a me nā ʻōnaehana pale kino ma waho o ko kākou mana. Eia naʻe, hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i nā ʻanuʻu e hoʻemi i kou pilikia o nā flare-ups ma hope o kou loaʻa ʻana i ke kūlana.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki ke pale aku, hiki i kekahi mau ʻano ola ke kōkua i ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka pinepine o nā flare-up:
Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe ka mālama ʻana i ka diary meaʻai a me nā hōʻailona e kōkua iā lākou e ʻike i nā ʻano a me nā mea hoʻonāukiuki hiki. He waiwai kēia ʻike no kāu hui olakino i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kāu papahana mālama.
ʻO ka hana pale ʻana nui loa ka hana pili loa me kāu hui olakino e hoʻokele pono i kou kūlana a hopu i nā loli mua.
ʻO ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka ulcerative colitis e komo pū ana i nā ʻanuʻu he nui no ka mea ʻaʻohe hoʻokolohua hoʻokahi e hiki ke hōʻoia maopopo i ke kūlana. E hui pū kāu kauka i kāu moʻolelo lapaʻau, ka nānā kino, a me nā hoʻokolohua like ʻole e hana i ka hōʻoia pololei.
ʻO ka hana hōʻoia maʻamau e komo pū ana me:
ʻO ka colonoscopy maʻamau ka hoʻokolohua nui loa no ka mea hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻike i ke ʻano mumū o ka ulcerative colitis a kāpae i nā kūlana ʻē aʻe e like me ka maʻi Crohn a i ʻole ka maʻi kanesa kolona.
I kekahi manawa, lōʻihi ka manawa o ka ʻike, ʻoiai inā he māmā kāu mau hōʻailona a like paha me nā kūlana ʻē aʻe o ka ʻōpū. Pono paha kāu kauka e hana hou i kekahi mau hoʻokolohua a hoʻāʻo i nā ala ʻē aʻe e kiʻi i kahi kiʻi maopopo o ka mea e hana nei.
ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka ulcerative colitis ke hoʻemi i ka mumū, hoʻomalu i nā hōʻailona, a kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻokō a mālama i ka remission. E hoʻopilikino ʻia kāu papahana lāʻau lapaʻau i kāu mau hōʻailona kūikawā, ka nui o kou maʻi, a me ke ʻano o kou pane ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau like ʻole.
ʻO nā ala lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau e komo pū ana:
Hoʻomaka ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me nā lāʻau lapaʻau palupalu a hoʻomau i nā mea ikaika inā pono. E nānā pono kāu kauka iā ʻoe e ʻimi i ka mālama maikaʻi loa me nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi loa.
I nā hihia kakaikahi kahi i nele ai nā lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole ka hoʻomohala ʻana o nā pilikia, hiki ke ʻōlelo ʻia ka ʻoki kino e wehe i ka kolona a me ka rectum. ʻOiai he ʻoki nui kēia, hiki ke hoʻōla a hiki i nā kānaka ke ola me ka ʻole o nā hōʻailona.
He kuleana nui ka mālama ʻana i ka home i ka kaohi ʻana i nā hōʻailona o ka ulcerative colitis a me ka pale ʻana i nā flare-ups. ʻOiai he mea nui nā lāʻau lapaʻau, hiki i kāu mau hana i kēlā me kēia lā a me nā ʻano mālama ponoʻī ke hoʻopili nui i kou manaʻo.
ʻO nā ʻano mālama home maikaʻi e komo pū ana:
E mālama i kahi puke hōʻailona e hahai i nā meaʻai, nā hana, a i ʻole nā mea hoʻonāukiuki e hoʻonāukiuki paha i kāu mau hōʻailona. Kūkulu kēia ʻike iā ʻoe a me kāu hui mālama ola e hana i nā hoʻoholo mālama maikaʻi aʻe.
I ka wā o nā flare-ups, e kau i ka manaʻo i nā meaʻai mālie, maʻalahi ke ʻai, a pale i nā meaʻai kiʻekiʻe-fiber, ʻawaʻawa, a momona paha e hoʻonāukiuki i kou ʻōpū. Hiki i nā probiotics ke kōkua i kekahi poʻe, ʻoiai pono ʻoe e kūkākūkā me kāu kauka ma mua.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu hālāwai me ke kauka e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka pono loa mai kāu kipa a hāʻawi i kāu hui mālama ola me ka ʻike e pono ai e kōkua pono iā ʻoe. Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau maikaʻi ke mālama i ka manawa a alakaʻi i ka mālama ʻana maikaʻi.
Ma mua o kāu hālāwai, e ʻohi i ka ʻike ma lalo nei:
E noʻonoʻo e mālama i kahi moʻolelo hōʻailona no hoʻokahi a ʻelua pule ma mua o kāu hālāwai. E hoʻomaopopo i kāu meaʻai, kāu mau pae kaumaha, a me nā hōʻailona āu e ʻike ai. Hiki i kēia ʻike ke kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻano e pono ai kāu kauka e ʻike.
Mai kānalua e lawe mai i kahi hoaaloha a hoa ʻohana hilinaʻi i kāu hālāwai. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i ka ʻike nui a hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo manaʻo i ka wā e hiki mai ana i kahi kipa kaumaha.
ʻO ka ulcerative colitis kahi kūlana maʻi maʻi hiki ke mālama ʻia e hoʻopilikia i nā kānaka āpau i nā ʻano like ʻole. ʻOiai ke loaʻa ʻana o kēia ʻike hōʻailona hiki ke manaʻo nui, e hoʻomanaʻo he nui nā kānaka me ka ulcerative colitis e ola ana i nā ola piha, hana me ka mālama kūpono a me ka mālama ponoʻī.
ʻO nā mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana e hoʻomaikaʻi nui i nā hopena, a ʻo ka hana pili kokoke me kāu hui mālama ola e kōkua iā ʻoe e loaʻa ka hui kūpono o nā lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā hoʻolālā nohona no kāu kūlana kikoʻī.
Ua hoʻololi nā lāʻau lapaʻau hou i ka manaʻo no nā kānaka me ka ulcerative colitis. Me nā lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā hana hoʻokele o kēia wā, hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ke loaʻa a mālama i ka remission, e pale aku i nā pilikia a mālama i ko lākou ola maikaʻi.
E mau i ka manaʻolana a e pili mau i kāu hui olakino. He huakaʻi ka ulcerative colitis, akā ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e holo wale.
ʻAʻole, ʻoiai ʻelua kēia mau maʻi inflammatory bowel, he mau kūlana ʻokoʻa kēia. Hoʻopili wale ka ulcerative colitis i ka papa o loko o ka colon a me ka rectum, ʻoiai hiki i ka maʻi Crohn ke hoʻopili i kekahi ʻāpana o ka ʻōnaehana digestive a komo i nā papa hohonu o ka paia o ka ʻōpū. Hiki ke like nā hōʻailona a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau, akā hiki ke ʻokoʻa ke ala kūikawā.
ʻAʻole hiki i ka ʻai wale ke hoʻōla i ka ulcerative colitis, akā hiki iā ia ke kōkua i ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā hōʻailona a kākoʻo i kāu papa hana lapaʻau holoʻokoʻa. ʻOiai ʻaʻohe meaʻai hoʻokahi
ʻAe, nui ka poʻe me ka colitis ulcerative i loaʻa nā hapai olakino a me nā keiki. Eia naʻe, he mea nui ka hoʻolālā pono ʻana i nā hapai me kāu hui mālama ola e hōʻoia i ka mālama pono ʻia o kou ʻano a me ka palekana o kāu mau lāʻau lapaʻau i ka wā hapai. Pono paha ke hoʻololi i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau, akā hiki ke hoʻomau ʻia ka hapa nui me ka palekana.
ʻOiai he ʻāpana genetic ka colitis ulcerative, ʻaʻole ia i hoʻoilina pololei e like me kekahi mau ʻano ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hoa ʻohana me ka maʻi inflammatory bowel e hoʻonui i kou pilikia, akā ʻaʻole ka hapa nui o ka poʻe me ka colitis ulcerative i loaʻa nā hoa ʻohana i pilikia. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ke ʻano, loaʻa i kāu mau keiki kahi pilikia iki e hoʻonui ʻia, akā ʻaʻole ka hapa nui e loaʻa.
6Mpeople
Get clear medical guidance
on symptoms, medications, and lab reports.