Can anyone translate my colonoscopy report?

[lexy92]

They have diagnosed me with Crohns Disease and Ive started on Infliximab but Ive just read over my colonoscopy report and its going straight over my head.... The words in bold are the ones I dont understand (lol)

Report:
Bowel preparation with phosphate enema was satisfactory.
A digital rectal examinataion was performed.
The colonoscope was inserted via the anus to the terminal ileum, insertion confirmed by ICV intubation. The caecum was identified positively by the ileocecal valve, the appendicular orifice and the tri-radiate caecal fold.
Mucosa: patchy severe erythema and granularity; multiple pleomorphic ulcers within (e)

Diagnoses:
Ileitis and Crohns Disease (severe, pancolitis & ileitis)


If anyone can translate some/all of these words for me in BASIC English haha (Im blonde so the simpler the better)

Im sure the doctor went over it all while I was in hospital but I was on painkillers and stuff and so it means nothing to me now and Wikipedia isn't helping me much....

Much appreciated! Thankyou!

 

[Jenny06xx]

I can help with 1 lol

Terminal ileum is the segment where the small bowel joins the large bowel (colon)
Sum 1 will b along shortly to explain more for u hun.
Sorry it turned out to b crohns but glad it's being sorted quickly !
Jen xx

 

[lexy92]

So the Ileum is just another body part lol its all so confusing! Why cant they make it easy -_- haha.... Thankyou

 

[deedee]

I'm a medical student, so I can help.

Your small intestine is divided into 3 sections: the duodenum, the jejunum, and the ileum. So the ileum is the last section, before it goes into your colon. The end of the ileum is called the terminal ileum. The ileum then empties into the beginning of the colon, called the cecum, via the ileocecal valve. Your appendix sticks out from the cecum.

The report means that you have patches of severe redness (erythema), inflammation (graunlation), and sores (ulcers). The diagnosis means that you have inflammation in your ileum (ileitis, adding -itis on the end of a body part means inflammation in that body part) and your whole colon (PANcolitis means your whole colon).

Hope that helps!

 

[lexy92]

That's really helped! Thankyou so much

 

[tots]

OUCH!

Feel better soon!


Lauren

 

[lexy92]

Thank you