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A member asked:
Is it safe for me to have a colonoscopy if i have an enlarged prostate?
10 doctors weighed in across 5 answers
Yes: Having BPH (regardles of whether or not it causes symptoms) will not interfere with a colonoscopy or make the procedure have increased risk.
Answered 6/20/2017
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Yes: Yes, should not be a problem.
Answered 3/15/2013
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Yes: Your prostate is outside of the colon and rectum and will not cause difficulty with a colonoscopy.
Answered 6/20/2017
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Yes: You will be fine. Colonoscopy should not affect the prostate.
Answered 3/8/2018
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Yes: Any risk from colonoscopy is no different in people with normal sized prostates than in people with enlarged prostate. A flexible instrument is used.
Answered 11/28/2017
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Good afternoon doctors. My urologist wants me to do a Fleet Enema before a prostate biopsy. I live alone and am worried that I may not do the enema correctly. Is there an oral medication I can take similar to a Fleet Enema like I did for colonoscopy?
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Can a doctor detect anal cancer through a colonoscopy and/or a sonogram of the prostate?
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