MEDICAL AND SOCIAL REASONS FOR LATE DIAGNOSIS OF ULCERATIVE COLITIS.

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: medico-social factors, influencing upon the date of visiting the doctor for the patients with ulcerative colitis manifestation have been analyzed. MATERIALS AND METHODS: under observation there were 38 patients with ulcerative colitis. The diagnosis was made on the availability of the typical symptoms and was confirmed by the endoscopy of the colon and histological biopsy of the mucosa samples. CONCLUSION: light and moderately severe colitis is still remaining not identified for a long time due to the lack of population's awareness about that disease as well as insufficient attention of the doctors to such problems. The belated visit to a doctor is more common for mail patients up to 30.,years old with high education.