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. 2000 Apr 22;320(7242):1119–1123. doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7242.1119
Colonic symptoms Extraintestinal
•Diarrhoea with blood and mucus Related to activity of colitis
• Urgency, tenesmus • Peripheral arthritis
• Incontinence • Erythema nodosum
• Lower abdominal cramps and pain with defecation • Iritis, uveitis
Systemic symptoms • Thromboembolism
•Tiredness, weight loss Unrelated to activity of colitis
• Malaise, fever • Sclerosing cholangitis
• Ankylosing spondylitis, sacroileitis
• Pyoderma gangrenosum (see fig A on website)