Colitis is hereditary in some cases.
Colitis is inflammation of your large intestines also called your colon and it can cause a variety of different symptoms.
Common symptoms of colitis are fever, vomiting and nausea, rectal bleeding, diarrhea and abdominal pain and cramping.
Colitis and ulcerative colitis are different conditions although they are related.
Ulcerative colitis is a specific type of colitis which is also an autoimmune disorder and it causes chronic inflammation in the lining of your colon.
Colitis can have multiple causes and ulcerative colitis is an autoimmune disorder.
Colitis also causes inflammation anywhere in your colon, and ulcerative colitis often affects only your lower colon and rectum.
Ulcerative colitis results in the presence and development of ulcers in your colon.
And colitis may or may not have these ulcers.
Treatment for colitis will depend on the cause and ulcerative colitis is often treated with medications such as immunosuppressants and corticosteroids.
Colitis is basically a general term, for inflammation of your colon and ulcerative colitis is a certain or specific type of colitis, which is an autoimmune disorder that results in ulcers and chronic inflammation in the colon.