| Microscopic colitis is a disease that causes | | | | colitis. Research has yielded convincing |
| an inflammation of the colon, resulting in | | | | findings that there are more women affected |
| chronic diarrhea and occasional abdominal | | | | by this disease than men, and that these |
| pain. It was given the name "microscopic | | | | women are usually affected much later their |
| colitis" because the inflammation can only be | | | | in life when the supply of estrogen in the |
| viewed through a microscope.What causes | | | | body is much higher.Although it is not the |
| microscopic colitis?Research shows that | | | | actual cause of microscopic colitis, the |
| microscopic colitis is a result of the immune | | | | body's reaction to glutinous food products |
| system attacking bacteria living in the | | | | could be the trigger for the inflammation of |
| colon. Scientists are still unsure, however, | | | | the colon. Gluten is the protein found in |
| about what instigates the attack to these | | | | wheat, barley, rye and oats.Treatment and |
| bacteria. It is suggested that consumption of | | | | preventionThe first step of treatment for |
| certain antibiotics or certain types of foods | | | | microscopic colitis is the modification of |
| may trigger the attack. It is likewise | | | | the diet. The patient is usually asked to |
| believed that the body's immune system | | | | stick to gluten-free foods.A new medical |
| attacks non-foreign elements in the intestine | | | | process is being developed to rid the body of |
| after erroneously identifying them as foreign | | | | immunogenic strains of bacteria that cause |
| elements. Why this anomaly happens is | | | | microscopic colitis. The process involves |
| uncertain.Tests have also suggested that a | | | | replacing these bacteria with good bacteria |
| certain gene present in the body may be the | | | | called lactobacilli.Colitis provides detailed |
| cause of the attack, but due to the lack of | | | | information on Colitis, Ulcerative Colitis, |
| consistency in the results, there is no | | | | Colitis Symptoms, Ischemic Colitis and more. |
| conclusion that can be drawn from the | | | | Colitis is affiliated with Crohns Disease |
| test.Studies have also suggested that | | | | Diet. |
| estrogen could be the cause of microscopic | | | | |