Are the symptoms the exact same for LC as CC?
Can you have both CC and LC? Can one lead to the other? Is one worse than the other?
Also, just wondering from the responses on here...
Have you found more people with CC (or LC) respond to Pepto-Bismol protocol?
Have you found people with CC (or LC) more likely to have similar food intolerances (other than gluten)?
curious questions about MC
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ladyathome
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The only significant differences between the two are the diagnostic markers. The clinical symptoms and treatments are the same.
CC is diagnosed based on thickened collagen layers in the lamina propria of the colon, whereas LC is diagnosed by an elevated lymphocyte count in the mucosa and/or lamina propria. Many CC patients also have an elevated lymphocyte count, and some GI docs refer to them as having both CC and LC, while other docs classify them as having MC, and yet others only note the CC or LC (whichever strikes their fancy) It's all pretty much of a moot point, since the symptoms and the treatments are the same.
We haven't noticed any significant statistical trends in the way that the various diagnostic categories respond to either drug treatments or food sensitivities. Genetic differences do seem to make a difference, however, in how we respond to food sensitivities.
Tex
CC is diagnosed based on thickened collagen layers in the lamina propria of the colon, whereas LC is diagnosed by an elevated lymphocyte count in the mucosa and/or lamina propria. Many CC patients also have an elevated lymphocyte count, and some GI docs refer to them as having both CC and LC, while other docs classify them as having MC, and yet others only note the CC or LC (whichever strikes their fancy) It's all pretty much of a moot point, since the symptoms and the treatments are the same.
We haven't noticed any significant statistical trends in the way that the various diagnostic categories respond to either drug treatments or food sensitivities. Genetic differences do seem to make a difference, however, in how we respond to food sensitivities.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
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ladyathome
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Please don't feel like the Lone Ranger. Most doctors don't understand the difference either, and except for GI specialists, many doctors have never even heard of the disease, let alone know anything about treating it.
You're very welcome.
Tex
You're very welcome.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.