An especially harmful Accutane side effect is the IBD, or inflammatory bowel disease, called ulcerative colitis, or UC. Unlike Accutane side effect Crohn’s disease, which assails all of the  digestive tract, UC only harms the rectum, colon and in a few cases the ileum, or the small intestine’s final section.

When it does so, ulcerative colitis causes ulceration and inflammation of the large intestine or colon’s inner lining. This leads to extreme abdominal pain and diarrhea which can be blood-filled. UC also can produce sores, ulcers and colon inflammation, resulting in weight loss, rectal bleeding, anemia, joint pain and fatigue.

Sadly, UC is lifelong and incurable. Victims have only the option of trying UC treatment for this Accutane injury. Such treatment usually begins with medications, including mesalamine and corticosteroids.

For many victims, such drugs don’t do nearly enough to ease their pain and discomfort. Many of these victims choose another approach: ulcerative colitis surgery. In fact, about 40 per cent of UC victims make this choice.

Yet sometimes it’s not a choice -- it’s an imperative and sudden action. That’s because some UC becomes so extreme that emergency surgery may be needed for ulcerative colitis injuries. Such injuries can include fistulas, or abnormal tunnels between body cavities; toxic megacolon, or rapid widening of the large intestine; and extreme hemorrhage or loss of blood.

One possible surgery in the event of such advanced UC maladies is a proctocolectomy with ileostomy.

First, a proctocolectomy is conducted to remove surgically the colon and anus. Then an ileostomy is conducted to create a stoma, or small hole, in the lower abdomen. That allows the ileum a place to release wastes after they’ve passed through the small intestines. Those wind up in a tiny bag worn over the stoma which patients must empty during the day.

Another ulcerative colitis surgery option is to have what’s called J-Pouch surgery. This two-part surgery, which involves a three-month wait between surgeries,  keeps the anus and sphincter muscles intact so that victims still can pass body wastes in normal bowel movements.

Additional names for J-Pouch surgery are restorative ileal pouch reconstruction, proctocolectomy and ileoanal anastomosis. But all signify the same type of surgery.

These ulcerative colitis surgery techniques will not end a patient’s UC suffering, but they can ease it. Another thing which can ease financial and emotional suffering is an Accuane lawsuit seeking damages from the negligent manufacturer which caused victims to suffer such pain and monetary losses.

Jim S. Adler & Associates can provide such legal help. But you need to contact the veteran personal injury law firm first. Just fill out the brief free case review form on this Web page, or call toll-free to 1-800-505-1414

A Jim S. Adler & Associates legal representative then will get back to you promptly to help you explore your prospects for an Accutane lawsuit.