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Ulcerative Colitis - When To Call a Doctor. Call a doctor immediately if you have been diagnosed with ulcerative colitis and you have: 1  Fever over 101Â°F (38.3Â°C) or shaking chills. 2  Lightheadedness, passing out, or rapid heart rate.  Stools that are almost always bloody.
The causes of colitis include stress, infections (including Salmonella, Clostridium, and E. coli), and parasites (including, Giardia, Cryptosporidium and whipworms), trauma, allergic colitis and primary inflammatory bowel disease (lymphoplasmacytic, eosinophilic, granulomatous and histiocytic types).hatever the cause, the inflammation in the colon results in reduced water absorption and decreased ability to store feces in the colon. This causes the classic symptom of frequent small amounts of diarrhea, often with mucus or blood.