Do we have any idea of how many, or potentially how many of us there are? Compared with other forms or celiac?
The diagnostic code is relatively new, isn't it? Just curious.
Statistics?
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Here is the most recent information that I have. This is taken from page 13 of the book (Microscopic Colitis):
25. Olesen, M., Eriksson, S., Bohr, J., Järnerot, G., & Tysk, C. (2004). Microscopic colitis: A common diarrhoeal disease. An epidemiological study in Örebro, Sweden, 1993–1998. Gut, 53(1), 346–350. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1773978/
26. Stewart, M., Andrews, C. N., Urbanski, S., Beck, P. L., & Storr, M. (2011). The association of coeliac disease and microscopic colitis: A large population-based study. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 33(12), 1340–1349. Retrieved from http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/743 ... mp&spon=20
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And here are references 25 and 26.MC is definitely not rare, according to research data. As early as 2004, data published by Martin Olesen and colleagues showed that the annual incidence of microscopic colitis, in its various forms, is significantly higher than is commonly believed by most medical professionals, and in fact, they found that in Sweden, the annual incidence of microscopic colitis, in its combined forms, matched the incidence of Crohn’s disease, and it approached the incidence of ulcerative colitis.25
A more recent Canadian study, published in 2011, shows that microscopic colitis is even significantly more common than celiac disease.26 The Canadian study showed that the incidence of MC is more than 60 % higher than celiac disease.
The study also verified that the incidence of MC is increasing at an average annual growth rate of 12 %, almost twice as fast as the growth rate of celiac disease.
25. Olesen, M., Eriksson, S., Bohr, J., Järnerot, G., & Tysk, C. (2004). Microscopic colitis: A common diarrhoeal disease. An epidemiological study in Örebro, Sweden, 1993–1998. Gut, 53(1), 346–350. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1773978/
26. Stewart, M., Andrews, C. N., Urbanski, S., Beck, P. L., & Storr, M. (2011). The association of coeliac disease and microscopic colitis: A large population-based study. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 33(12), 1340–1349. Retrieved from http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/743 ... mp&spon=20
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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.