Director of Demerdash Hospital: The state provides free immunotherapy for ulcerative colitis patients

Dr. Tarek Youssef, Professor of Liver and Digestive System, Director of Demerdash Hospital, revealed that immune colon diseases occupy a great position following their spread in the world and in Egypt, explaining that immune colon diseases include ulcerative colon and Crohn’s disease.

He said during the conference of the Egyptian Society of Immune Intestinal Infections currently being held in Cairo, that the most important factor in controlling the disease is early diagnosis, as modern diagnostic methods through endoscopy or colon sample confirm the proper diagnosis of the case, as it shows ulcers and infections in the colon.

He added, the patient must be alerted to the symptoms because they may present symptoms similar to Irritable Bowel Syndrome, as if abdominal pain and diarrhea occur frequently accompanied by blood, it is not diagnosed as Irritable Bowel Disease, as the symptoms may be similar, but the patient must go to the doctor immediately. For early diagnosis and treatment.

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He said: There are medicines that treat the same cause and work on the immune system, which are immunological medicines, which are present and available in Egypt, and were provided to the Egyptian patient at the expense of the state and health insurance, explaining that as a result of awareness, many cases of ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease began to appear, and it is necessary to know Guidelines to give the patient accurate treatment for his condition.

He explained, that the main symptoms are abdominal pain, weight loss and appetite, frequent diarrhea, with blood in the stool, stressing that the lack of response to regular diarrhea medications and the recurrence of infection confirm the diagnosis and that external symptoms may appear from the colon such as inflammation, joint pain, and muscle pain. And it is diagnosed when the patient suffers from accompanying diarrhea or other symptoms accompanying the symptoms of the colon, and the patient’s history must be known, and other diseases accompanying them can be examined such as immune liver diseases, muscle and joint diseases, stressing the need to examine it well because his immune system can attack Any organ in the body.

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He pointed out that drugs have begun to control the disease from immunosuppressants, and the latest is currently immunosuppressive drugs and they work on parts of the immune system that attack the colon, and they are available in public hospitals, and the patient is treated at the expense of the state and health insurance, and they are found in large hospitals in Ain Shams Hospital University, Qasr Al-Ainy, Ministry of Health and Health Insurance hospitals, and there are centers for the treatment of immune colitis, such as the campaign carried out by the state to treat hepatitis C, there are centers for the treatment of immune colitis at the state’s expense and health insurance with the latest drugs.

He explained, that the causes of infection are not specific, but what is known is that the immune system attacks the colon and causes immune infections, and exposure to pollutants may be the cause of immune diseases, and attacking the immune system of the body, a person may be infected with any virus or bacteria that alerts the immune system, explaining that food is not the The direct cause of infection, but if the bacteria or virus enters the body through food, it leads to infections, which leads to alerting the immune system of the body and the occurrence of disease.