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How to manage microscopic (lymphocytic) colitis?
What is the best strategy for handling this rare(?) condition? I have been diagnosed with this and have been given very little information as to how to manage the symptoms. Are flare ups usual? Can symptoms be controlled with medications? My biggest complaint is pain and have been investigated for pelvic floor pain, urologic type pain and MSK pain all to no avail. I think it is the colitis that is the cause of my unrelenting pain. Your thoughts? Suggestions?
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I've been dealing with lymphocytic colitis for more than 20 years. None of the treatments (budesondide, Entyvio, lomotil, Infliximab, colesevalam, mesalamine, azathioprine) worked well.
Doctors kept telling me it would go away - it got worse.
Kept searching medical literature and discovered a couple of case studies of women with LC that didn't respond to other treatment doing very well on RINVOQ.
Got my doctor to prescribe it, have been on it 4 weeks and it works like a miracle drug. A real life changer for me. No more pain and frequent dashes to the bathroom, accidents etc.
Good luck.
@jsalkeld0 thanks for letting me know. how great that RINVOQ is working so well! I've been lucky enough so far with the Budesonide, but no one will make any guarantees about the length of remission, which makes it great to know about RINVOQ. here's to it continuing to work for you!
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1 Reaction@barb1954 I agree . the food is boring. but trying to get used to it and begin to realize how much junk food we really eat. begin to see food not as a pleasure but as a necessity
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1 Reaction@jsalkeld0 thanks for the information about Rinvoq. I am on Medicare now and am not certain if insurance will cover it. But definitely worth pursuing. I take it your insurance did cover it. It looks like you had to fail at least 2 generics prior?
@anniegk I still have my gallbladder and was diagnosed with 5 yrs ago with Microscopic colitis.
@anniegk no gallbladder issues or removal. sorry to hear those who had problems following gallbladder surgery.
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I did.
Had gall bladdre removed in 1991 and diagnosed with LC in 2024.
I was recently diagnosed with MC but still have my gall bladder. Is there supposed to be a connection between the two?
I would appreciate any suggestions on how to navigate what feels like a mishandled work up.
I have had biopsy confirmed Lymphocytic Colitis for at least 15 years. On and off budesonide during this time many times without significant change in severe diarrhea. In the last year, onset of significant abdominal pain, cramping, nighttime symptoms, severe right lower quadrant pain. Traditional CT negative. Three months ago worsening right upper quadrant swelling and discomfort and bloating. Severe fatigue. Blood work normal. Calprotectin jumped from 21 (during active flare) to 582. EGD and colonoscopy completed early May showed “at least lymphocytic colitis” on the colon biopsies. Duodenal tissue showed multiple enzyme deficiencies, but tissues taken for pathology were “lost in transit” and pathologist noted “no small bowel present for evaluation” . Trio breath test ordered and positive for hydrogen dominant SIBO. Capsule endoscopy ordered for July. Adjacent to this I have an ANA titer of 1:640 and three mildly positive auto antibodies. I am concerned that a repeat EGD with biopsies needs to be done plus/minus the capsule endoscopy. I do not think LC and SIBO together account for my symptoms and suspect a worsening or misdiagnosed underlying disease. Does anyone have any advice on this or any other thoughts about what should be done to make sure I get the correct diagnosis here. I am truly miserable with symptoms.