Medical

Severe inflammation of the inner lining of the colon due usually to the clostridium difficile (C.difficile) bacterium, one of the most common causes of infection of the large bowel (colon) in the Unit

A cause of crampy abdominal pain in early infancy. Colic is a common condition, occurring in about 1 in 10 babies.

Chemotherapy or radiation therapy to the central nervous system (CNS) as a preventive treatment.

A bacterium that is one of the most common causes of infection of the colon in the US. Patients taking antibiotics are at risk of becoming infected with C.

Mitral valve prolapse (also known as "Barlow's syndrome"), the most common heart valve abnormality, affecting 5-10% of the world population.

Gonorrhea, a bacterial infection transmitted by sexual contact. Gonorrhea is one of the oldest known sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

Liver disease characterized by irreversible scarring. Alcohol and viral hepatitis, including both hepatitis B and hepatitis C, are among the many causes of cirrhosis.

See: Arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid.

In medicine, lasting a long time. A chronic condition is one that lasts 3 months or more.

Inflammation of the gallbladder. Cholecystitis is a complication of gallstones, and it is frequently associated with infection in the gallbladder.