People with microscopic colitis have frequent diarrhoea, stomach pain and fatigue.
Many people may be suffering from an undiagnosed and misunderstood bowel condition, according to the charity Guts UK.
She saw a number of specialists but was told she had irritable bowel syndrome and "was left to get on with it". "The diarrhoea would come on suddenly and would be profuse and watery and the pain was like intense cramps," said Victoria.She told BBC News: "I used to be sociable and outgoing but I found it harder and harder to go out.Victoria was finally diagnosed after a gut specialist did a colonoscopy and - crucially - took biopsy samples of the inflamed bowel.
She added: "It is terribly sad that thousands of people are suffering with the debilitating symptoms of microscopic colitis.
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