The Vindicator

Diarrhea common in diseases of the colon

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 ...
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Microscopic colitis: A review of the literature and histopathologic mimickers

(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 ...
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A woman who had diarrhea up to 40 times a day was misdiagnosed with IBS. It was really an inflammatory bowel disease called microscopic colitis.

For over a decade, a UK mom experienced increasing diarrhea, bathroom urgency, and fatigue. She was finally diagnosed with microscopic colitis, which requires a biopsy of the colon, in 2022. The ...
Medscape

Alopecia Areata Associated With Higher Risk for Microscopic Colitis, Other GI Disorders

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 ...