Expert consensus on diagnosis and treatment of the"remission-recurrence"critical state of ulcerative colitis
Ulcerative colitis(UC)is a significant and challenging disease in the digestive system that severely affects the quality of life for patients.In recent years,due to changes in lifestyle and environmental factors,the global incidence of UC has been on the rise.Although the latest treatments have made certain progress in inducing remission of UC,there has been no significant breakthrough in preventing or delaying the recurrence of the dis-ease,which remains a bottleneck and a major challenge in clinical treatment today.To effectively address this challenge,this consensus innovatively proposes the new concept of the"remission-recurrence"critical state in UC and conducts an in-depth discussion of its characteristics.The consensus reflects the medical characteristics of the integration of Chinese and Western medicine with Chinese characteristics,mainly including the etiology and patho-genesis of UC,practical identification methods for the critical state,diagnosis of the main key Chinese medicine syndromes,and intervention and regulation strategies for traditional Chinese medicine in the critical state.Combi-ning the latest research findings,this consensus aims to provide comprehensive guidance for clinicians to more ef-fectively manage patients with UC,reduce the rate of disease relapse,and thereby improve the overall prognosis of patients.
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