Subspecialties: Ulcerative Colitis

Today's Case A 25-year-old male presents with diarrhea for the previous 6 weeks. He describes having non-bloody stools with significant mucous output approximately four times per day. Associated symptoms include left-sided, crampy abdominal pain with no radiation that is worse prior to bowel movements, urgency, and tenesmus. Also, he reports fatigue and unintentional weight loss of 5 lb. He denies rashes and joint pain. He has never been diagnosed with any medical conditions, has not traveled recently, and takes no medications. Today's Reader Jared Fehlman is an Internal Medicine Resident at Huntington Health Hospital in Pasadena, California. About Dr. Raj Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles. More from Dr. Raj ⁠The Dr. Raj Podcast⁠ ⁠Dr. Raj on Twitter⁠ ⁠Dr. Raj on Instagram⁠ Want more board review content? ⁠USMLE Step 1 Ad-Free Bundle⁠ ⁠Crush Step 1⁠ ⁠Step 2 Secrets⁠ ⁠Beyond the Pearls⁠ ⁠The Dr. Raj Podcast⁠ ⁠Beyond the Pearls Premium⁠ ⁠USMLE Step 3 Review⁠ ⁠MedPrepTGo Step 1 Questions⁠ ⁠MedPrepTGo Step 2 Questions⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices