Tex, another question where it says active colitis in the Cecum and ascending colon what does that mean?? You have explained everything so well and hate to ask for more info... Sorry if I am being a pain in the butt.
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Hi Tex and Zizzle, the blood I was talking about is black and sticky but it also can be a maroon color after I wipe with mucus. I stopped the eternal nutrition product and started eating regular food. I am still on Prednisone and tapering down to 20mg and some of my symptoms are back such as, rectal bleeding and sharp pain. My GI dr. has put me on Sulfasalazin 500mg 2 pills at a time, 4x a day for a total of 4000mg. I see my GI doctor tomorrow... Which is good, I haven't seen him since the colonoscopy.
Tex, another question where it says active colitis in the Cecum and ascending colon what does that mean?? You have explained everything so well and hate to ask for more info... Sorry if I am being a pain in the butt.
Tex, another question where it says active colitis in the Cecum and ascending colon what does that mean?? You have explained everything so well and hate to ask for more info... Sorry if I am being a pain in the butt.
Micoscopic Collagenous Colitis Dx Sept. 18,2012
Suzie,
The bleeding is apparently originating from above the colon, possibly in or near the stomach, if it's black and sticky. Your GI doc should be on top of that, instead of just leaving you to wonder about it.
The cecum is sort of a junction box between the ileum (lower end of the small intestine) and the colon. It contains the ileocecal valve on top, to prevent any backflow from the colon into the ileum, and the appendix is attached to it, also. "Active colitis in the Cecum and ascending colon" is a very common characteristic with MC, because the inflammation tends to be more concentrated in that area than anywhere else in the GI track, in most cases.
"Active colitis" simply indicates the presence of a significant amount of inflammation. The inflammation is measured in terms of the number of lymphocytes embedded in the lining of the intestine. More than 20 lymphocytes per 100 enterocyte cells, indicates active MC. "Enterocyte" is the name given to each of the special vertically-elongated cells that make up the surface lining of the intestines. The junctions (spaces) between the enterocytes regulate the uptake of nutrients into the bloodstream. With MC, those junctions open too widely, and rather than just amino acids passing into the bloodstream, partially-digested medium-length amino acid chains (peptides) are also allowed to pass through, and those contaminants are what cause us to have all the flu-like symptoms that some of us have with MC, (or celiac disease, or any other IBD). When the junctions open too wide, (and stay open too long) that's called leaky gut syndrome (the doctors call it increased intestinal permeability).
You're certainly not a pain in the butt. Never hesitate to ask any questions that come to mind, because knowledge is power when it comes to dealing with this disease, and our GI docs are rarely willing to take the time to offer detailed descriptions. If I didn't adequately address your questions, please let me know, and I'll try to do a better job of explaining.
Tex
The bleeding is apparently originating from above the colon, possibly in or near the stomach, if it's black and sticky. Your GI doc should be on top of that, instead of just leaving you to wonder about it.
The cecum is sort of a junction box between the ileum (lower end of the small intestine) and the colon. It contains the ileocecal valve on top, to prevent any backflow from the colon into the ileum, and the appendix is attached to it, also. "Active colitis in the Cecum and ascending colon" is a very common characteristic with MC, because the inflammation tends to be more concentrated in that area than anywhere else in the GI track, in most cases.
"Active colitis" simply indicates the presence of a significant amount of inflammation. The inflammation is measured in terms of the number of lymphocytes embedded in the lining of the intestine. More than 20 lymphocytes per 100 enterocyte cells, indicates active MC. "Enterocyte" is the name given to each of the special vertically-elongated cells that make up the surface lining of the intestines. The junctions (spaces) between the enterocytes regulate the uptake of nutrients into the bloodstream. With MC, those junctions open too widely, and rather than just amino acids passing into the bloodstream, partially-digested medium-length amino acid chains (peptides) are also allowed to pass through, and those contaminants are what cause us to have all the flu-like symptoms that some of us have with MC, (or celiac disease, or any other IBD). When the junctions open too wide, (and stay open too long) that's called leaky gut syndrome (the doctors call it increased intestinal permeability).
You're certainly not a pain in the butt. Never hesitate to ask any questions that come to mind, because knowledge is power when it comes to dealing with this disease, and our GI docs are rarely willing to take the time to offer detailed descriptions. If I didn't adequately address your questions, please let me know, and I'll try to do a better job of explaining.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.