IBD: Drinking alcohol increases the risk of microcolitis

Microscopic colitis, also known as microscopic colitis (MC), is a chronic inflammatory disease.
Its clinical feature is discharge of watery, non-bloody loose stools, and its pathological manifestation is lymphocytic infiltration
.

This disease is most common in elderly women and is comparable to the incidence of traditional inflammatory bowel disease

Microscopic colitis, also known as microscopic colitis (MC), is a chronic inflammatory disease.

 

Researchers conducted a prospective cohort study of 209,902 participants (age range, 28.
5-66.
7 years) who participated in the Nurses Health Study (NHS) and Nurses Health Study II (NHSII) in the United States
.

The NHS study that began in 1986 and the NHSII study that began in 1991 both collected data on the alcohol intake of all participants at baseline and updated it every 4 years

diagnosis

 

 

The results of the study confirmed that a total of 352 MC incidents were confirmed
.

Higher alcohol consumption was associated with an increased risk of MC (P <.

 

The results of this study confirm that alcohol consumption is associated with an increased risk of MC, but further research is still needed to determine the underlying mechanisms of these associations and the effect of reducing alcohol intake on patients with MC
.

The results of this study confirm that alcohol consumption is associated with an increased risk of MC, but further research is still needed to determine the underlying mechanisms of these associations and the effect of reducing alcohol intake on patients with MC
.

 

 

Original source:

Blake Niccum.

Alcohol Consumption is Associated With An Increased Risk of Microscopic Colitis: Results From 2 Prospective US Cohort Studies.
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