Colonoscopy
health advisory
Hospital
Mens Health
2007-11-15 4:32:47
what is it and describe the procedure
Answer:Basically, a thin wire-based camera is inserted into your rectum and large intestine. The physician examines whatever he means to examine, and then the camera is removed.
The procedure takes very little time and is completely painless -- you're under general anesthesia. I underwent it once and it was the easiest surgical procedure I've ever undergone.
This procedure is best described by a doctor, if he wants you to have it get it done
it's a procedure that takes a flexible camera tiny, and goes up into your colon via your rectum. while the procedure is taking place you should be asleep, it doesn't hurt ask your doctor to give you diprivan to put you to sleep. it's over before you know it and the doctor can tell if you have any cancer or polyps in your colon, it's a life saver and soooo easy. the only thing uncomfortable is the clean out of the bowels before you have this and that is by taking something to cause you to have many loose stools it's individualized by your doctor. so go for it and don't be afraid. it may save your life. and good luck
margeux
Colonoscopy is the minimally invasive endoscopic examination of the large colon and the distal part of the small bowel with a CCD camera or a fiber optic camera on a flexible tube passed through the anus.