More must be done to stop people suffering unnecessarily due to a lack of awareness about a severe bowel condition, a charity has warned.
Some 17,000 people are diagnosed with microscopic colitis each year in the UK but Guts UK believes the real figure could be a lot higher due to high rates of misdiagnosis and the complex way the condition is detected.
Unlike other inflammatory bowel diseases, microscopic colitis cannot be seen on a camera and requires a tissue sample to be taken from the bowel and examined under a microscope.
