As more gets known about microscopic colitis, it’s clear that you can never be too old to get this diarrhea disease--which is often misdiagnosed as irritable bowel syndrome. Microscopic colitis is considered an autoimmune disease. If [...]
Can the symptoms of a microscopic colitis flare be small enough to appear below the radar? Can the signs be so subtle that they fail to register on your awareness map? Microscopic colitis is not [...]
“Microscopic colitis can manifest itself with multiple symptoms or hardly any symptoms at all,” begins Dr. Fine. “Microscopic colitis can manifest itself with multiple symptoms or hardly any symptoms at all,” begins Jeffrey Fine, MD, chief [...]
Is the mechanism of joint pain or aches in Crohn’s & ulcerative colitis the same as that in microscopic colitis? "Enteropathic arthropathy" is the name for joint aches caused by inflammatory bowel disease. The two most [...]
Yes, you can lift weights if your microscopic colitis is causing a low abdominal cramp. There are two kinds of “lower abdominal cramps” that you may experience with microscopic colitis. This assertion is based on [...]
Here’s the only article you’ll find comparing joint aches of microscopic colitis to those of PMS. Having been diagnosed (colonic biopsy) with microscopic (lymphocytic) colitis, and being a woman who knows all too well what [...]
