Colitis occurs when your colon, or large intestine, is inflamed. Microscopic colitis is a type of colitis that’s best identified by looking at colon cells under a microscope. The main subtypes of ...

In April 2020, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requested that all forms of prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) ranitidine (Zantac) be removed from the U.S. market. They made this ...

Aim: To perform a qualitative retrospective review of identified cases of collagenous colitis within the patient databases of local clinicians, with particular attention to the use and effectiveness ...

Gastroenterologists and pathologists are recognizing nonbloody watery diarrhea owing to 'microscopic colitis' with increasing frequency; this disease is therefore an important clinical and ...

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.

Biopsy specimens from the terminal ileum of 32 patients with the histopathological diagnosis of lymphocytic colitis or collagenous colitis and 11 control individuals were evaluated for the presence or ...

Your belly hurts. The diarrhea keeps coming. And you certainly don’t feel like eating. These are telltale signs of colitis. But which kind? Colitis is a term used to describe inflammation in your ...

Lymphocytic and collagenous colitis are forms of microscopic colitis that can be caused by drugs. After re-exposure to a causative medication, such as entacapone, recurrence can be more acute and ...

Microscopic colitis is a type of inflammation of the colon, or large intestine, that can cause watery diarrhea and cramping. It can be painful and unpleasant. But in most cases, it's much less severe ...

This study raises the possibility that oral low-dose methotrexate may be effective in patients with collagenous colitis and may improve the histological abnormalities in some. Side-effects appear to ...