ileitis
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[ileum + -itis]
Inflammation of the ileum. The most common cause is Crohn disease.
SEE: Crohn disease; SEE: inflammatory bowel disease
SYMPTOMS
Patients may have pain in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen, often with diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, weight loss, and fevers. The stool may contain pus, blood, or mucus.
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(il″ē-īt′ĭs)

[ileum + -itis]
Inflammation of the ileum. The most common cause is Crohn disease.
SEE: Crohn disease; SEE: inflammatory bowel disease
SYMPTOMS
Patients may have pain in the right lower quadrant of the abdomen, often with diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, weight loss, and fevers. The stool may contain pus, blood, or mucus.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Ileitis." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/747953/all/ileitis.
Ileitis. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/747953/all/ileitis. Accessed March 23, 2023.
Ileitis. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/747953/all/ileitis
Ileitis [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 March 23]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/747953/all/ileitis.
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