Ulcerative colitis teaches you to read your own colonoscopy report!

  As you know, the main segment of the intestine involved in ulcerative colitis is the colon, and colonoscopy is the core assessment tool in the diagnosis and treatment of all ulcers. Many patients feel that the colonoscopy report is like a ceiling, what ulcer ah, vascular network ah, spontaneous bleeding ah, it is like a heavenly book, also your doctor will be very patient to explain to you each report, but I think most patients are not able to get this service, many people can only learn from the doctor’s mouth such as “serious? Yes, it’s fine, it’s not too serious; am I better? Yes, it’s better, but not completely”. Well, in fact, the colonoscopy report is not very difficult to read, listen to me slowly, you will also read your own report.  First of all, to understand the colonoscopy report, we need to know what the colonoscopy is looking at?  The scope of the colonoscopy is from the end of the ileum to the rectum, starting from the anal opening, passing through the rectum, sigmoid colon, descending colon, transverse colon, ascending colon, and ileocecal region to reach the end of the ileum. In fact, this path is not so easy, not every colonoscopy can complete the whole examination, a variety of conditions (such as intestinal stricture, intestinal not clean enough, etc.) will make us “halfway”. Simply put, you can divide the large intestine into 2 parts, the left half of the colon (including the right side of the transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectum), the right half of the colon (ileocecal, ascending colon, right side of the transverse colon), from the scope, UC intestinal damage is backed up from the rectum, the more intestinal segments involved, the more serious the lesions, if we say simply give them a degree, can be divided into: rectum, the left half of the colon, the Extensive colon (more than the left half of the colon), extensive colon lesions should be considered the most serious.  Next, look at the endoscopic description, the standard description includes: 1, mucosal vascular texture blurred, disorganized or disappeared, mucosal congestion, edema, brittle, spontaneous or contact bleeding and purulent secretions attached, also common mucosal roughness, fine granular; 2, lesions visible at the obvious diffuse, multiple erosions or ulcers; 3, visible colonic pouch shallow, blunt or disappeared, as well as pseudo-polyps, bridge mucosa, etc. “. For the sake of convenience, we turn on the “keyword” mode. The words suggesting that the lesion is mild are: erythema, reduced vascular texture, mildly brittle mucosa, the words suggesting that the lesion is more serious are: obvious erythema, lack of vascular texture, pinpoint ulcer, brittle mucosa, erosion, contact bleeding, the words suggesting that the lesion is very serious are: spontaneous bleeding, large ulcer formation, ketchup-like appearance, etc. If the more key words suggesting that the lesion is serious, then that means suggests more serious lesions.  Well, the above can only be said to teach you how to quickly and simply read colonoscopy, but the final assessment of colonoscopy or according to the professional physician’s answer, I think only we know a little more, to listen to understand the doctor a little more, to understand their own condition fully a little, will also allow us to treat up a little better!