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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:
- Collagenous colitis
- 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