The complaint that may end midfielder’s season

ULCERATIVE colitis is a long-term inflammatory disorder that causes ulceration of the rectum and the colon.

The symptoms are intermittent, often not occurring for months or years.

During mild attacks, symptoms may develop over a few days and include diarrhoea (sometimes with blood, pus and mucus), an urgent need to go to the toilet, tiredness, nausea, abdominal pain and poor appetite.