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Posted 5/9/2014 5:02 AM (GMT 0)
Ohk, I know this is a pretty basic question, but I'm really curious. Was just going through my colonoscopy report yesterday and I found a part of my ileum having this really thick yellow lining which I missed out on earlier. Plus there was something else wrong with that part, but I dunno what exactly it is.
That's what got me thinking. Crohn’s is basically defined as an autoimmune disorder where the immune system attacks our intestines and causes inflammation. So why isn't the affected area, i dunno 'red' or 'eaten up' or something, why the yellow nodules? Why are they a characteristic feature of Crohn's Syndrome?

Appreciate the replies :-)
Posted 5/9/2014 5:07 PM (GMT 0)
Broken down fat in the small intestine is usually yellow in color from the bile made in the liver and secreted from the gallbladder that makes digestion possible.

 

Posted 5/9/2014 8:07 PM (GMT 0)
Could it be that you are looking at pictures of ulcers? They look yellowish and are the spots where the healthy tissue is kind of eaten away. I would prefer for my guts to look pretty and pink on the inside for mother's day : )
Posted 5/10/2014 2:36 AM (GMT 0)
Could it be that you are looking at pictures of ulcers? They look yellowish and are the spots where the healthy tissue is kind of eaten away. I would prefer for my guts to look pretty and pink on the inside for mother's day : )

Yeah, but if we're going to have yellow nodules, at the very least I would hope we could add "smiley faces" to them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiley
Posted 5/11/2014 12:59 AM (GMT 0)
:-)
Posted 5/11/2014 2:01 AM (GMT 0)
@big betty: Hm, i think you're right, I may be seeing ulcers, and they must be the really bad ones or something. But the thing is that I could see some white/greyish eaten up part which the doc had pointed out as ulcers, so that's why I couldn't figure what the yellow ones meant.

Anyway, thanks for the reply guys!
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