Microscopic colitis

Clinic

• Microscopic colitis is the diagnosis in around 10% of cases investigated for chronic non-bloody diarrhea.
• Microscopic colitis refers to two related medical conditions which cause diarrhea:
  1. Collagenous colitis
  2. Lymphocytic colitis.

Both conditions are characterized by the presence of chronic non-bloody watery diarrhea, normal appearances on colonoscopy and characteristic histopathology findings of inflammatory cells.

Signs / Symptoms

• Profuse Non-bloody watery diarrhea (The main symptom)
• Abdominal pain
• Fecal incontinence
• Weight loss.

Related disease

• Arthritis
• Sjögren's syndrome
• Thyroid disorders
• Celiac disease