title: [Treatment of microscopic colitis - what's new?]
abstract: Microscopic colitis (MC) is frequent, although still uncommonly diagnosed, cause of chronic diarrhea. The etiopathology of MC is unknown but this disease has strong influence on patient's quality of life (measured by health-related quality of life - HRQoL). MC is characterized by microscopic abnormalities in large bowel's mucosa whereas endoscopic and radiological examination findings are normal. The treatment of MC is an essential social and financial problem due to its frequency in society. Thanks to the results of some controlled research which judged efficiency of some medicines as well as advisory groups recommendations, the MC therapy is nowadays going from empiric to accordance with evidence based medicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Main District Hospital, Sosnowiec, Poland.
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gonciarz
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Main District Hospital, Sosnowiec, Poland.
authors.forename: Dawid
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Szkudłapski
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Main District Hospital, Sosnowiec, Poland.
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eszyk
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Main District Hospital, Sosnowiec, Poland.
authors.forename: Justyna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smagacz
authors.affiliation: Corpora-Med, Medical Rehabilitation Center, Gliwice, Poland.
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kopała
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D046728:Colitis, Microscopic / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D007420:Intestine, Large / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology
keywords: collagenous colitis; lymphocytic colitis; microscopic colitis