An unpleasant sensation characterized by physical discomfort (such as pricking, throbbing, or aching) and perceived to originate in the abdomen.

A subjective feeling of tiredness characterized by a lack of energy and motivation.

Repeated infections of the urinary tract.

The presence of foam cells, a type of macrophage that localizes to fatty deposits on blood vessel walls, where they ingest low-density lipoproteins and become laden with lipids, giving them a foamy appearance.

Ulcerative colitis is a chronic disorder that affects the digestive system. This condition is characterized by abnormal inflammation of the inner surface (epithelium) of the rectum and colon. The rectum and colon make up most of the length of the large intestine. The inflammation usually causes open sores (ulcers) to develop in the large intestine. Ulcerative colitis usually appears between the age of 15 and 30, although it can develop at any age. The inflammation tends to flare up multiple times throughout a person's life, which causes recurring signs and symptoms.\n\nThe most common symptoms of ulcerative colitis are cramping abdominal pain and frequent diarrhea, often with blood, pus, or mucus in the stool. Other signs and symptoms include nausea, loss of appetite, bowel urgency, fatigue, and fevers. Chronic bleeding from the inflamed and ulcerated intestinal tissue can cause a shortage of red blood cells (anemia) in some affected individuals. People with this disorder have difficulty absorbing enough fluids and nutrients from their diet and often experience weight loss. Affected children usually grow more slowly than normal. Less commonly, ulcerative colitis causes problems with the skin, joints, eyes, kidneys, or liver, which are most likely due to abnormal inflammation.\n\nToxic megacolon is a rare complication of ulcerative colitis that can be life-threatening. Toxic megacolon involves a widening (dilation) of the colon and an overwhelming inflammatory response. Ulcerative colitis also increases the risk of developing colon cancer, especially in people whose entire colon is inflamed and in those who have had ulcerative colitis for 8 years or more.\n\nUlcerative colitis is one common form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Another type of IBD, Crohn's disease, also causes chronic inflammation of the intestines. Unlike ulcerative colitis, which affects only the inner surface of the large intestine, Crohn's disease can cause inflammation in any part of the digestive system, and the inflammation extends deeper into the intestinal tissue.

Abnormally increased frequency (usually defined as three or more) loose or watery bowel movements a day.

An inflammation of the colon and small intestine. However, most conditions are either categorized as Enteritis (inflammation of the small intestine) or Colitis (inflammation of the large intestine).

Simultaneous enlargement of the liver and spleen.

A reduction in the number of circulating thrombocytes.

Hypotonia is an abnormally low muscle tone (the amount of tension or resistance to movement in a muscle). Even when relaxed, muscles have a continuous and passive partial contraction which provides some resistance to passive stretching. Hypotonia thus manifests as diminished resistance to passive stretching. Hypotonia is not the same as muscle weakness, although the two conditions can co-exist.

Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) is and interstitial lung abnormalitiy characterized histopathologically by plugs of granulation tissue lying within small airways, alveolar ducts, and alveoli and by chronic inflammatory cell infiltration in alveolar walls. Patients with BOOP generally present with subacute illness, including shortness of breath, fever, malaise, and weight loss.

An increased susceptibility to infections involving both the paranasal sinuses and the lungs, as manifested by a history of recurrent sinopulmonary infections.

An autoimmune form of hemolytic anemia.

Eczema is a form of dermatitis that is characterized by scaly, pruritic, erythematous lesions located on flexural surfaces.

Increased count of eosinophils in the blood.

A compact, organized collection of mature mononuclear phagocytes, which may be but is not necessarily accompanied by accessory features such as necrosis.

A reduced number of lymphocytes in the blood.

Abnormal increased size of the spleen.

Decreased levels of immunoglobulin A (IgA).

An abnormally decreased level of immunoglobulin M (IgM) in blood.

A type of neutropenia that is observed in the presence of granulocyte-specific antibodies.

An decreased number of circulating monocytes.

Enlargment (swelling) of a lymph node.

Increased susceptibility to otitis media, as manifested by recurrent episodes of otitis media.

Phagocytosis by macrophages of erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets, and their precursors in bone marrow and other tissues.

A decreased proportion of circulating CD8-positive, alpha-beta T cells relative to total number of T cells.

Infections of the skin that happen multiple times.

Less than normal number of natural killer cells, a type of lymphocyte in the innate immune system with an ability to mediate cytotoxicity and produce cytokines after the ligation of a germline-encoded activation receptor.

An abnormally increased proportion of CD4-negative, CD8-negative (double negative or DN) alpha-beta regulatory T cells (Tregs) as compared to total number of T cells.

An abnormally decreased level of immunoglobulin in blood.

An abnormally decreased proportion of CD4-positive, CD25-positive, alpha-beta regulatory T cells in circulation, relative to another population of cells.

An abnormally decreased level of immunoglobulin G (IgG) in blood.

An decreased proportion of CD8-positive, alpha-beta effector memory RA TEMRA T cells compared to the total number of T cells in the blood. These cells have the phenotype CD45RA-positive, CD45RO-negative, and CCR7-negative.

Body temperature elevated above the normal range.

Increased concentration of ferritin in the blood circulation.

An abnormal increase in the level of triglycerides in the blood.

An elevated level of the enzyme lactate dehydrogenase in the blood circulation.

Reduced ability to pass air through the nasal cavity often leading to mouth breathing.

Swelling of lymph nodes within the mediastinum, the central compartment of the thoracic cavities that contains the heart and the great vessels, the esophagus, and trachea and other structures including lymph nodes.