What is colonscopy mainly done for. what diagnosis can it provides.

Colonoscopy: Colonoscopy can be used to check for polyps, certian inflammatory bowel diseases and certian cancers

Examine colon: Colonoscopy allows the gastroenterologist to directly examinr the inner lining (mucosa) of the entire large intestine. In so doing, conditions like colitis can be identified and biopsies taken to confirm the diagnosis. Additionally, polyps and other growths can be seen and biopsied. Very often some polyps have the potential to eventually turn into cancers. On occasion, an actual cancer can be found.

Get Your Head Out!!!: Has anyone told you that you had your head up your ___? Well, colonoscopy is a fancy way for the doctor to do it (and get paid for doing something like that).It's a way to directly see what's going on up there, from polyps to inflammation, etc.You'll have to do the doc a favor, though--you'll have to sit on the toilet most of the night emptying yourself out after having swallowed a liquid medicine

Screen for cancer: Colonoscopy screens for illnesses like colon cancer and inflammatory states of colitis, pre-cancerous polyps, and more. Polyps/cancer/abnormal-looking segments can be biopsied for pathology under the microscope to rule out cancer and diagnose. Pre-cancerous polyps can be completely removed.

Colon cancer: A colonoscopy is a screening tool used to look for cancer or other abnormalities of the gastrointestinal tract.