Question 1

i have had a cystoscopy & fulguration done on 27/8/13 and am bleeding from bladder and rectum on and off with clots.   could this cancer again?

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Possibly: It's possible that this is from cancer, but unless i had more information, i would think from what you've said that it isn't.  More likely you have some residual injury from the procedure.  If it persists, please check in with your doctor.

Question 2

what is a cystoscopy?

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An office procedure.: Cystoscopy is a procedure where a small cystoscope, about the width of a pencil, is placed into the bladder through the urethra. It is used by doctors to visualize the lining of the bladder, looking for anatomic abnormalities, stones, inflammation, and tumors. If performed in the clinic, no general anesthesia is used, only a local numbing gel.

Question 3

could cystoscopy hurts?

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Just slight...: Cystoscopy is usually done under local anesthesia so you will not feel much pain but slight local discomfort. Of course, your understanding, realistic expectation, and urologist's gentelness and carefulness will make a diifference in the way how you may feel. So, don't worry. Of course, ask your urologist timely. 

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Question 4

what does a cystoscopy feel like?

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A procedure.: Cystoscopies are uncomfortable but most patients tolerate them well. Usually, a numbing gel is placed in the urethra. The initial entry of the scope is the most uncomfortable part, where it passes beyond the urethral sphincter.  Irrigating fluid will enter your bladder to aid in visualization, which will feel like a fullness to the bladder. After the procedure, discomfort rapidly subsides.

Question 5

what should i expect from a cystoscopy procedure?

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A few things. : Cystoscopies are commonly office procedures. You will be asked to undress, put on a gown, then lie on table or chair. Your groin is prepped with antiseptic solution. A numbing gel may be placed in your urethra. A cystoscope will be placed into the bladder by the urologist; the initial entry is the most uncomfortable part. Irrigating fluid will enter your bladder. You may get an antibiotic.

Question 6

should i go under anesthaesia for first cystoscopy?

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Usually not: Cystoscopy is well tolerated with local anesthetic jelly placed in the urethra. If a bladder biopsy or other procedure is planned,or hydrostatic distension then anesthesia or IV sedation is almost always necessary.

Question 7

i am going under anesthaesia for first cystoscopy, suggestions?

Accepted Answer

No, but...: Diagnostice cystoscopy, especially for females, can usually be done under local anesthesia with minimal discomfort. Under anesthesia with real sleep or IV sedation is genrally unneccasry. But, if biopsy or other procedures are required, anesthesia is required. With realistic expectation in mind and doctor's skill in action, most of patients tolerate extremely well. 

Best wish...

Question 8

what is a cystoscopy or ureterscopy? are they painful?

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Procedures that...: Visualize the urinary tract. A cystoscopy is used to inspect the bladder and urethra. This is usually performed in the office, with some local numbing gel in the urethra. There is discomfort when the scope passes across the urinary sphincter and with bladder filling. A ureteroscopy is performed in the or  with general or spinal anesthesia to inspect the ureter for tumor or stones.

Question 9

what is the difference between a cystoscopy and a cystography?

Accepted Answer

X-Ray: Cystoscopy is a procedure involving a urologist looking inside the bladder with a lighted instrument.  Cystography is an X-Ray of the bladder after contrast is placed into the bladder via a catheter, usually to check for vesicoureteral reflux or a bladder leak after surgery.

Question 10

what is the difference between a cystoscopy and a cystourethroscopy?

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Same: Assuming no anatomy altering previous surgery, they are the same since the entryway to the bladder is through the urethra

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I have had a cystoscopy & fulguration done on 27/8/13 and am bleeding from bladder and rectum on and off with clots. could this cancer again?

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Could cystoscopy hurts?

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What should i expect from a cystoscopy procedure?

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I am going under anesthaesia for first cystoscopy, suggestions?

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