As title says received letter from gastroenterologist Saturday. The letter is for my employer just confirming my diagnosis for future reference.
Says on letter that I have "Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome"
"Mild distal ulcerative proctitis"
I was unaware I had IBS to begin with but my consultant said it's not unheard of to have both IBS and IBD. Anyway reason Im puzzled, and may just be me being silly and daft, but while reading the letter the consultant says I also "have a mild degree of ulcerative colitis involving a very very short segment of my lower rectum"
So I got confused and double checked why it says proctitis at top but colitis in letter itself... found out that they're actually the same thing, and proctitis is basically ulcerative colitis in the rectum only, as oppose to colon.
Anyone else know this or heard of it being true?
Says on letter that I have "Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome"
"Mild distal ulcerative proctitis"
I was unaware I had IBS to begin with but my consultant said it's not unheard of to have both IBS and IBD. Anyway reason Im puzzled, and may just be me being silly and daft, but while reading the letter the consultant says I also "have a mild degree of ulcerative colitis involving a very very short segment of my lower rectum"
So I got confused and double checked why it says proctitis at top but colitis in letter itself... found out that they're actually the same thing, and proctitis is basically ulcerative colitis in the rectum only, as oppose to colon.
Anyone else know this or heard of it being true?