A 40-year-old member asked:
What is a colonoscopy?
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Dr. Richard Orranswered
Surgical Oncology 46 years experience
Look inside colon: You are sedated (very sleepy, but still breathing on your own). The endoscopist places an instrument through your anus and then passes it into the colon to carefully exam the colon for polyps, cancer, etc. If any abnormalities are found a biopsy may be done. Typically, it is painless - the only bother is cleaning out your bowels beforehand and even that's not so bad.
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Dr. Scott Welkeranswered
General Surgery 29 years experience
Look in the colon: A flexible camera is placed in the rectum gently, while you are sedated, and the entire colon is examined. You won't remember a thing! everyone should have a endoscopy at 50 (sooner if you have a family history). The chance to take out tumors (like the one in the picture) can save your life!
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Dr. Enrique Molinaanswered
Gastroenterology 37 years experience
Camera: It is a fiberoptic camera that is inserted through your rectum / anus in order to examine the colon.
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A 48-year-old member asked:
What are colonoscopies?
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Dr. Andrew Glantzanswered
General Surgery 40 years experience
Colonoscopies : A colonoscopy is a procedure where one's colon is carefully inspected with a colonoscopy, a lighted, flexible telescope. Polyps can be removed, tumors can be diagnosed, and diseases of the bowel can be diagnosed. Doctors recommend that all people should get a colonoscopy by the age of 50.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
What is it like to have a colonoscopy?
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Dr. Fidias De Leonanswered
Nuclear Medicine 23 years experience
Not as bad :): It is probably not as bad as you may have heard. You are given sedation and for the most part of the study you are asleep. They introduce a camara through your rectum and look throughout your colon. It is over in 20 mins. Good luck!
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Dr. Stephen Lloyd commented
undefined 48 years experience
The prep is both important and the most rigorous phase of the colonoscopy. If you have propofol anesthesia, the test is painless and recovery is swift. Be sure to check on your doctor's quality statistic before undergoing colonoscopy. An ADR above 20 gives you ten times the protection from colorectal cancer. If you can't get their ADR, get another doctor!!!
Jan 1, 2014
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A member asked:
What results from colonoscopy?
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A Verified Doctoranswered
Family Medicine 28 years experience
Colonoscopy: This is a good screening tool used for the appropriate age group in screening for colon cancer.
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Dr. Eric Kaplan commented
Colon and Rectal Surgery 44 years experience
also may help diagnose other non cancerous diseases of the colon and rectum
Feb 3, 2014
A 35-year-old member asked:
How is a colonoscopy performed?
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Dr. Scott Welkeranswered
General Surgery 29 years experience
Camera on a snake: A video camera on the end of a flexible stalk, not unlike a snake, is inserted through the rectum while you are asleep. You don't feel a thing, you won't remember it, and the only bed part is the prep.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
How to prep for a colonoscopy?
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Dr. Chung-Han Leeanswered
Medical Oncology 14 years experience
Lots of options: There are a lot of different regimens for doing a colonoscopy prep. It depends on your gastroenterologist what they prefer. Ultimate what they want is a clean prep, so you should not have any stool in your colon when they look. You will have a sense of whether your prep is complete when you look in the toilet bowl and you shouldn't see any solid material left.
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