A review of microscopic colitis, a chronic, intermittent inflammatory bowel disease that predominantly affects older women and typically presents with frequent watery, non-bloody stools.

(a) Atrophic/withering crypts (red arrow) and lamina propria vascular congestion. Notice that the cellularity of the lamina propria is not significantly increased. (b) Vascular congestion and ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 64-year-old female who is in moderate health. After a monthslong bout of diarrhea, blood work, and a colonoscopy, I’ve been diagnosed with microscopic colitis. After a round of ...

Between 1986 and 2003, 43 eligible patients were identified, 29 female and 14 male, ranging in age from 32 years to 88 years at the time of diagnosis. The majority of patients were aged between 50 and ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 64-year-old female who is in moderate health. After a monthslong bout of diarrhea, blood work, and a colonoscopy, I’ve been diagnosed with microscopic colitis. After a round of ...

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 ...

A retrospective study linked alopecia areata (AA) with an increased risk for microscopic colitis (MC), celiac disease, Crohn’s disease, eosinophilic esophagitis, and ulcerative colitis. Researchers ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In this Healio video exclusive, Walker D. Redd, MD, discusses a study of patients with chronic diarrhea who ...

Various factors may increase risk for microscopic colitis — NSAIDs among them. Risk factors including nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), statins, proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), and smoking ...