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What is it like to have a flexible sigmoidoscopy or a colonoscopy ?

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Depends!: Very few physicians perform sigmoidoscopy anymore (only checks half the colon and no sedation!). Colonoscopy is usually done with sedation or anesthesia. The procedure itself is usually not uncomfortable. The cleaning out preparation can be arduous. Colonoscopy is 50 times more life saving than a mammogram!

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Answered 3/18/2017

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Does a sigmoidoscopy hurt? My doctor told me i wont get any sedation for my sigmoidoscopy, but my friend had sedation for his colonoscopy. Does that mean a sigmoidscopy hurts less?

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Would a sigmoidoscopy show details or info like a colonoscopy and a endoscopy ? Still have bad stomach symptoms. Got a colon and endo done still pain

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Can the cecum be seen during a colonoscopy? Or is it through a sigmoidoscopy? Can cancer of the cecum be detected through radiology tests like ct/mri?

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I'm 21 years old,I had done sigmoidoscopy due to mucus and narrow stool which was normal,my doctor recommended IBS tablets for one month but I still experiencing stomach pain and back pain,some seed like black spots ,can I go for full colonoscopy?

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I am considering a screening sigmoidoscopy over that of a colonoscopy due to more preparation and procedural involvement. No family history. Wise?

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