17,000 people are diagnosed with microscopic colitis each year in the UK, but charity Guts UK believes the real figure could be a lot higher, due to high rates of misdiagnosis and the complex way the ...

Tens of thousands of Britons could be suffering from a severe bowel condition without realising due to high rates of misdiagnosis and the complex way the condition is detected, a charity has said.

A new study examines how multiple factors contribute to the miscommunication and understanding of the digestive disease, microscopic colitis. It's a hidden cause of diarrhea and the development of the ...

Sanofi (($SNYNF)) announced an update on their ongoing clinical study. Sanofi has launched a new clinical study titled ‘A Randomized, ...

I first felt something was off when I was in my mid-twenties. As I was getting married at the time, I chalked it up to moments of extreme stress. However, even after the wedding I continued dealing ...

A 64-year-old woman reports a 9-month history of watery, nonbloody diarrhea with up to five loose bowel movements a day. Her diarrhea is associated with mild, crampy abdominal pain that is relieved ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I have had microscopic colitis since 2013 and have been prescribed 3 mg of Entocort every day. I have some good days but mostly not-so-good days. Changing my diet does not seem to help ...

It's a hidden cause of diarrhea and the development of the disease is poorly understood. Multiple factors work against the diagnosis of microscopic colitis, an inflammatory digestive disease, because ...

Study from Mass General Brigham and Karolinska Institutet researchers suggests that patients with the condition do not need to stop taking important medications Microscopic colitis (MC) is a chronic ...

In a study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, researchers did not observe increased prevalence of microscopic colitis among irritable bowel syndrome patients versus other patients ...

Dear Dr. Gott: I was told that I have lymphocytic colitis. I have been on Entocort for three months and am now on Lialda. I am seeing a gastroenterologist. I am told that this is an immune problem. Am ...

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