Pouchitis, with symptoms such as diarrhoea and abdominal pain, is an inflammation of the ileoanal pouch, a bowel pocket created to hold bowel movements in patients with ulcerative colitis who have had their large intestine or colon removed.  Whilst antibiotics are often used as treatment for pouchitis, research shows that people with pouchitis have fewer friendly bacteria in their system. 

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