10 Ulcerative Colitis Symptoms
Symptom #8: Fever
Infections cause the body to react by raising body temperature, also called fever. This also happens to people with ulcerative colitis and other inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn’s disease. Fever may be an indication of a UC complication such as an abscess or toxic megacolon.
While the primary cause of the fever is usually the UC disease; fever may also be a side effect of some medications used in the treatment of ulcerative colitis. Culprit medications include infliximab, sulfasalazine, 6-mercaptopurine and azathioprine. Other symptoms that may occur together with fever include chills and night sweats. When fever symptoms like sweating occur at night, they may interfere with your sleep. This may be partly to blame for other ulcerative colitis symptoms like fatigue.
