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What Happens During Colonoscopy?
The day before the exam, the patient should take a laxative to ensure that the bowel is clean and empty, otherwise the display performance is incomplete and much smaller test. No eating or drinking anything for 6 hours before the procedure. Colonoscopy does not require hospitalization and lasts 20 to 40 minutes.
It is often necessary to inject a sedative through a vein to produce a feeling of drowsiness and relaxation while performing the examination or swallowing a tranquilizer pill the morning of the test.
The person should remain lying on her side throughout the test. The colonoscope is lubricated with gel and gently inserted into the rectum and the rest of the large intestine through the anus. Can breathe some air gently into the bowel to improve the vision of its lining. Read the rest of this entry »
Colonoscopy: Examination of The Colon
The large intestine is divided into colon and rectum. Although the latter and the lower parts of the colon can be viewed directly with small tubes of plastic or metal, the remaining bowel should be inspected by other methods. These are radiological tests such as plain radiography or barium enema and endoscopic tests such as colonoscopy.
What is a colonoscopy?
The colonoscope is a ‘telescope’ flexible and thin, fiber and about a meter long. It is designed to image the interior of the cavities that you access and these images can be recorded on video.
It is equipped with a powerful light so that the doctor has a clear vision.
The colonoscope can also blow air into the colon or vacuum if necessary, and also is equipped with tools for handling some distance to the endoscopist can also perform therapeutic interventions locally. Read the rest of this entry »
Colonoscopy
Colorectal cancer
Remove Heidelberg (AP) – Anyone who regularly undergoes a colonoscopy, while pre-cancerous lesions can be recognized, falls ill after a study of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), rarely in colon cancer.
The Heidelberg researchers had the benefit of colonoscopy according to indications from Monday at around 3300 Saarlanders asked. Previously, only the data had been available from clinical trials.
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