Posted 10/13/2015 5:57 PM (GMT 0)
"At colonoscopy the doctor will describe the appearance of the mucosa of the colon during the examination. Granular appearing mucosa usually means there is a roughened or sometimes reddish appearance and often correlates with inflammation in the colon."
Hemorrhage means bleeding. The context is at the submucosal level, so we're talking about very small amounts of blood.
Both a granular, rough and red appearance and bleeding are consistent with uc inflammation. As it was in the rectum, you were given a suppository, canasa, to treat it. No worries their.
Scaring is permanent. It's the result of repeated inflammation and healing. If bad enough, it can cause motility (reduced muscle movement issues) and strictures (narrowing) but neither are mentioned here. More common in patients with Crohn's disease, badly scared sections will be removed in a surgery known as a resection. Again, yours isn't that bad nor do you have crohn's; more just a point of info on what it is/means in extreme cases.