BACKGROUND Many patients with microscopic colitis (MC) also suffer from symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), but the only treatment given is corticosteroids for the diarrhoea. The aim of this study was to examine how social factors, life style factors and drug treatment affect symptoms and well-being in patients suffering from MC. METHODS Women, over the age of 73years, with biopsy-ver...

Nearly all the digestive cancers are endocavitary and thus endoscopy is the most suitable approach for them, for diagnostic as well as for therapeutic purposes. Digestive cancers form about 20 percent of all diagnosed cancers; when these are advanced, most of them are poorly responsive to curative treatments; consequently, patients not responding to curative treatment will need symptomatic, pal...

Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders (EGID) are rare conditions characterized by eosinophilic infiltration of the bowel wall and gastrointestinal symptoms. These disorders can present with various manifestations, depending on the specific site of the affected gastrointestinal tract and specific layer of the affected gastrointestinal wall. The pathogenesis and etiology of EGID remain unclear....