My husband is 66 years old who has lymphocytic colitis . Since he ate some butter baked squash and apple crisp 2 weeks ago, he has flare up and abdminal pain and sometimes his abdminal pain is so severe to wake him up in the middle of night. My question is
A person should seek medical care if the diarrhea lasts for more than 2 weeks or is accompanied by symptoms such as weight loss, fatigue, and abdominal pain. The treatment of microscopic colitis has not been standardized because there have not been adequate large scale, prospective, placebo controlled treatment trials. The following strategies are safe and may relieve diarrhea in some patients