What is indeterminate colitis?

Indeterminate colitis or colonic inflammatory bowel disease unclassified is a condition based on excluding the diagnosis of Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. It is a diagnosis used when the diagnostic work-up is unclear if it is Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis.

How do members experience indeterminate colitis?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with indeterminate colitis*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for indeterminate colitis*

Who has indeterminate colitis on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 5
30s 12
40s 21
50s 32
60s 14
70+ 13

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 13
Female 84

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What is indeterminate colitis?

Indeterminate colitis or colonic inflammatory bowel disease unclassified is a condition based on excluding the diagnosis of Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. It is a diagnosis used when the diagnostic work-up is unclear if it is Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis.



Common symptoms reported by people with indeterminate colitis

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for indeterminate colitis

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Compare treatments taken by people with indeterminate colitis

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Who has indeterminate colitis on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 49 say indeterminate colitis is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 5
30s 12
40s 21
50s 32
60s 14
70+ 13
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 3
20-29 years 7
30-39 years 4
40-49 years 12
50-59 years 7
60-69 years 0
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 13
Female 84

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 36
Not Diagnosed 5

These charts show data from indeterminate colitis patients who have completed their condition history
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